From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alt + Shift combinations not working in the linux console Date: 07 Jan 2004 07:53:33 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073454854 25986 80.91.224.253 (7 Jan 2004 05:54:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 05:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 06:54:11 2004 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 1Ae6dv-0006Io-01 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 06:54:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae7a3-0004Zh-2k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:54:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae7Zf-0004ZK-4n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:53:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae7Z8-0004Ob-3P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:53:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ae7Z7-0004OL-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:53:17 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from joao on Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:11:58 +0100) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15759 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15759 > From: joao > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:11:58 +0100 > > I compared the output of describe-key (C-h k) when I press this > combination : > > emacs under X says "M-> runs the command end-of-buffer" > > emacs -nw inside an xterm says "ESC > runs the command end-of-buffer" > > emacs in the linux console : describe-key does not even react to my key > presses, I still have that prompt "Describe key:" in the minibuffer as > if I had typed nothing at all... What does "C-h l" (that's a letter ell, not a digit one) say? It's quite possible that your console keyboard is configured so that Alt+Shift+digit doesn't produce M-digit. "C-h l" will show what Emacs gets (or does not get) when you press a key combination.