From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Jolitz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C- key bindings not working on console Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvoekg3x.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87mwin0y6t.fsf@gmail.com> <87ha8v0xpn.fsf@gmail.com> <87eh3yeuej.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1390482042 20863 80.91.229.3 (23 Jan 2014 13:00:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:00:42 +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 Jan 23 14:00:48 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Jtn-00079v-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Jtn-0003WV-69 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:00:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6JtH-0003PW-8A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:00:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6JtA-0002cv-Tm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:00:15 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:37681) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W6JtA-0002cF-OT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:00:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W6Jt8-0006rZ-Gj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:06 +0100 Original-Received: from e178189149.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.189.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:06 +0100 Original-Received: from tjolitz by e178189149.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:00:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: e178189149.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RMcdGJMANH/RiK236qk1vk5H8sg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95567 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: > Thorsten Jolitz writes: > >> Both things do not work for me anymore working without X11 on the >> console, although most of the usual C- and M- bindings in Emacs do >> work? Is that a general problem or a specific problem related to my >> configs? > > I can confirm that C- is not recognized on the linux console, > M- however is. But I also don't know it it's a general > limitation. yes, M- works but I use that already to select windows with `window-numbering' ,------------------------------------------------------------------- | M-2 runs the command select-window-2, which is an interactive Lisp | function in `window-numbering.el'. | | It is bound to M-2. | | (select-window-2 &optional ARG) | | Select the window with number 2. `------------------------------------------------------------------- which is very convenient. I always thought that the M- bindings are more problematic than the C- bindings on a console (in fact they are sometimes presented as alternatives for not working M- bindings iirc), so I'm a bit surprised. -- cheers, Thorsten