From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: can't global-set-key in emacs -nw
Date: 01 Feb 2004 08:33:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u65erl35p.fsf@elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3d68zprrc.fsf@localhost.localdomain> (message from Joel Smith on Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:27:42 GMT)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> From: Joel Smith <joelvsmith@earthlink.net>
> Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:27:42 GMT
>
> using xterm or aterm i can't set any keys using the shift key. for
> example
>
> (global-set-key [(shift right)] "\C-e")
>
> won't do anything in aterm. in xterm it inserts 2C.
>
> resetting the home, end keys doesn't work, and backspace starts help
> in aterm. it's fine in xterm.
You need to set up your keyboard configuration (sorry, I don't know
how exactly). Using "C-h l", you will see that Emacs doesn't get any
useful key codes when you press the problematic keys.
> finally the mouse doesn't work.
You mean, it doesn't work in Emacs? If so, you will have to set up
xt-mouse.el, I think. Basically, Emacs doesn't support the mouse on a
text terminal without some package such as xt-mouse.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-01 6:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-01 0:27 can't global-set-key in emacs -nw Joel Smith
2004-02-01 6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2004-02-01 16:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-02-01 22:57 ` Peter Heslin
2004-02-02 0:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-02-02 21:04 ` Peter Heslin
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