Re: emacs and screen

[Valentin Plechinger <v.plechinger@gmail.com>]

Screen interprets C-<arrows> as M-O a/b/c/d.
You could either change your .emacs to make those keys do the same as the arrow keys,
or change your .screenrc. I don't really use screen (tmux messed that up too though) that much so I'm not sure how to do that.

-Valentin 

At Thu, 7 Apr 2011 04:11:52 +0000 (UTC),
Peter Keller wrote:
> 
> Javier <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
> > I have also debian squeeze, and the behaviour is ok in the tty console,
> > but in an xterm I see the problem you describe.
> 
> Ah yes, my problem does occur in an xterm. 
> 
> -pete
> 
> > Peter Keller <psilord@cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> Using emacs 22.3.1 with screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06 on a
> >> debian squeeze box, I have run into a problem.
> >> 
> >> When running emacs -nw, not in a screen session, C-x C-<left/right>
> >> rotates me between buffers. When running in screen, only C-x
> >> <left/right> will rotate me between buffers. Having to lift up on the
> >> control key to use the arrows is *very* annoying when rapidly moving
> >> between buffers.
> >> 
> >> How can I fix this problem so under screen the C-x C-<left/right>
> >> key combination works again? I have looked into both manuals, but
> >> emacs should see the right key use, and screen doesn't make mention
> >> that it messes about with C-x (well, without the escape sequence
> >> being infront if it at any rate.)
> >> 
> >> Thank you.
> >> 
> >> -pete
>