From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Dickey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: `special' keys in keyboard macros Date: 6 Oct 2003 18:45:20 GMT Organization: RadixNet Internet Services Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065466244 24732 80.91.224.253 (6 Oct 2003 18:50:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:50:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 06 20:50:39 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6aRL-0000Mb-00 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:50:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aOu-0007r0-C8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aNN-0007LL-A1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:46:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aMq-0006yo-6E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:46:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aMp-0006yY-Vx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:45:59 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aKd-0006M6-L8 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aMH-0006ku-KP for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:45:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.192.128.41] (helo=news1.radix.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6aMH-0006ko-7g for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:45:25 -0400 Original-Received: from news1.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by news1.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h96IjM8K002831 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:45:22 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by news1.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id h96IjLlt002830 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:45:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: saltmine.radix.net User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.8 (sun4u)) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5920 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5920 Roland Winkler wrote: > PPS It seems to me that it is not a problem of "emacs -nw" but of > xterm that \C-? is always interpreted as backspace. I was long using control/? sounds like code 128, which is of course the usual setting for the backarrow key with Debian Linux. If emacs chooses to treat the stty erase value as backspace, that's understandable. However, backspace is properly a code 8. > \C-? as a distinct key with "emacs (X)" but now I realized it > doesn't work with "emacs -nw". Is there somewhere a list of > keybindings one should avoid if compatibility between "emacs (X)" > and "emacs -nw" is an issue? -- Thomas E. Dickey http://dickey.his.com ftp://dickey.his.com