* Keyboard annoyances on Cygwin+Emacs
@ 2004-10-26 19:07 KKramsch
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From: KKramsch @ 2004-10-26 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
I just installed Cygwin on my desktop. Everything works OK, except
Emacs.
If I invoke Emacs in a Cygwin terminal as 'emacs -nw', the backspace
key behaves as C-h (C-h still behaves as C-h). More bizarrely,
when I hit the combination C-x C-c, Emacs sees C-x C-g.
If I ssh into a Linux host, and run 'emacs -nw', the situation is
more bizarre. In *some* cases Emacs sees both backspace and C-h
as C-h. In other cases, it sees both backspace and C-h as "delete
to the left of the cursor". I haven't been able to figure out what
determines which of the two (mis)behaviors Emacs will exhibit,
although I think it has to do with the details of how the remote
shell is started. (It definitely does not depend on the remote
host.) In these remote-host operations, C-x C-c quits Emacs as
usual.
If I start Emacs as an X application, whether on the local workstation
or on a remote host, backspace, C-h, and C-x C-c work perfectly.
Backspace works fine in every other situation and application (e.g.
interactive bash, vi, etc.).
How can I fix this mess?
I should point out that I log into remote hosts from many other
systems other than the Cygwin system described here, so I need a
solution that will not screw up the behavior of Emacs on remote
hosts when I access them from local hosts other than Cygwin.
Thanks!
Karl
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