From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Meta key definition in a linux console Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:50:16 -0400 Message-ID: <441vn64scn.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <4a8d3007$0$297$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250772056 4172 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2009 12:40:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:40:56 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 20 14:40:49 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Me6wh-0000oc-Eo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:40:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52505 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Me6wg-0001Ux-V1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:40:46 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feedme.ziplink.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:50:17 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hK8N4rJZI+GXg7RDwwWGET6RNkc= Original-Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-XLdSLffQwHCL/73BSYp6To4dCnIDQHFtYdpBoOkgpKMRHvqeySGuEUzsHe/qdaL2yJq/uYz662Dfv07!IEXRxs0cE4TGxzu9AnK1dBoaM9zKq4iUSP69xEXFDYgMcWrpgrAJybqKdguMKbVveUrzRgw72ysr!4A0nSvuU0A== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:172141 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67297 Archived-At: "Colin S. Miller" writes: > Olivier Sirven wrote: >> Hello there, >> >> I run a Mac laptop with emacs 23 and everything is just fine, my meta >> key is defined to my command key and I'm happy with it. But when I >> ssh to a distant linux machine and run an emacs 23 session in console >> mode I don't have any other ways to access meta but by using ESC key >> which is far from being an ergonomical solution. As this emacs >> version is compiled for linux, there is no such variable >> as "mac-command-modifier" and I don't know how to tell emacs (or the >> console) to use the command key as meta. >> >> Any ideas would be just great! >> >> Thanks >> > > Olivier, > if you log in using "ssh -X" (capital X, lowercase disables X-forwarding), > then ssh will wrap an X-window connection from > the remote machine back to local machine, and set up any xauth information. > Then you can use the remote emacs as an X application. If I recall correctly, the Mac doesn't come with X (Window System) installed by default. The Installer knows about it, though.