From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: . is undefined (when pressing C-.): is ssh behaving odd?
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:25:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mtldhchk.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKoxK+5nPVd43QZGu5DLqeTJ3D678kPzLX58cZwxa7xF8PekVw@mail.gmail.com> (Luca Ferrari's message of "Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:21:16 +0100")
>>>>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:21:16 +0100, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com> said:
Luca> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:33 PM Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 12:34:10 +0100, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com> said:
>>
Luca> So far, so good, if I do M-x embark I can see that is bound to C-. as expected.
Luca> But when I press C-. I got ". is undefined".
Luca> I'm using emacs thru ssh, if that matters, which I suspect is
Luca> something that6 is going to handle C, even if C-x C-f (as an example)
>>
>> tty's canʼt produce 'C-.'
Luca> Could you elaborate a little more about that? Rationale and/or
Luca> possible fix if any?
There are limitations to the keys that can be produced when using a
tty (such as when youʼre logged in over ssh, or running 'emacs
-nw'). One of those is that certain Ctrl combinations simply won't
work: C-. is one of them. There is no fix: itʼs an inherent
limitation of the tty technology.
Robert
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-06 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-03 11:34 . is undefined (when pressing C-.): is ssh behaving odd? Luca Ferrari
2021-12-03 14:33 ` Robert Pluim
2021-12-06 17:21 ` Luca Ferrari
2021-12-06 17:25 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2021-12-06 18:02 ` Yuri Khan
2021-12-06 18:32 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-12-06 18:43 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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