From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: the old no working alt key in linux console
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 08:05:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87imlqdped.fsf@local.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mub2dpos.fsf@local.lan> (Harry Putnam's message of "Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:31 -0500")
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
>>> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:27:03 -0500
>>>
>>> As smart as emacs has gotten surely there is some simple technique to
>>> get emacs to use the alt key in console mode.
>>>
>>> I haven't had to deal with this for a long time, and am finding piles
>>> of serioiusly complex stuff on google about fixing it.
>>>
>>> Working in chroot on linux console (lubuntu) I'm having to use the
>>> escape key to do common things like M-x M-w (copy). Is there some
>>> simple way to control this...
>>>
>>> I'm on emacs 26 .. that what ubuntu has available on the repo.
>>> Working in an xterm but when I call emacs it will only open in -nw
>>> inside the terminal.
>>
>> What does Emacs see when you press Alt-SOME-KEY?
>
> Sorry, that circle slash was produced by C-h l
>
> Here is what you asked for:
>
> Alt-some-key so I pressed Alt a, Alt b, Alt c
>
> ` á â ã '
Egad, I'm thinking straight this morning.
Here it is: Alt-a, Alt-b, Alt-c and Alt-x
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-05 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-04 20:27 the old no working alt key in linux console Harry Putnam
2020-01-05 3:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-05 12:54 ` Harry Putnam
2020-01-05 12:59 ` Harry Putnam
2020-01-05 13:05 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2020-01-05 13:07 ` Harry Putnam
2020-01-05 13:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-01-05 21:16 ` Tim Cross
2020-01-05 22:14 ` Stefan Monnier
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