From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bijan Soleymani Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using emacs in slackware Date: 07 Feb 2003 15:06:09 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87bs1nrh3i.fsf@server.crasseux.com> References: <87of5oj0ln.fsf@server.crasseux.com> <847kcchuoz.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044648098 19241 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 20:01:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:01:38 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hEgq-000505-00 for ; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:01:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hEgA-0003QO-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 15:00:54 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!weber.videotron.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.201.123.149 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.ca Original-X-Trace: weber.videotron.net 1044647952 24.201.123.149 (Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:59:12 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:59:12 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109928 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6432 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6432 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: > Bijan Soleymani writes: > > > Those things won't wash in the console. Console is ASCII. In ASCII > > alt(meta) and control characters only exist in one case, so they can't > > be shifted. > > Well, you can use the function keys in the console because they send > some kind of escape sequence -- I'm sure more escape sequences for > the missing key combos could be added to some console > implementations, and then Emacs could be taught about them, and then > Steve would be a happy camper. Yes I said later on in my post that noone had bothered to fix the problem. I didn't say it was impossible to fix. However fixing it would give features to the console that would be "impossible" on a real ascii text terminal. Bijan