From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: HOME and END keys insert ~ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:11:51 +0300 Message-ID: References: <31750b15-bcfa-4d3d-b39b-5bfde4c04eb1@1g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209064348 8600 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2008 19:12:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 24 21:13:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jp6sR-0005p1-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:13:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43394 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp6rl-0003N3-0U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp6rS-0003MG-S5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp6rS-0003Lb-1M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34061 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp6rR-0003LF-Pw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout7.012.net.il ([84.95.2.19]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jp6rR-0003Wo-3m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:01 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([83.130.1.82]) by i-mtaout7.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0JZU00JYEF7ET3W0@i-mtaout7.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:54:51 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <31750b15-bcfa-4d3d-b39b-5bfde4c04eb1@1g2000prg.googlegroups.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:53519 Archived-At: > From: "jhc0033@gmail.com" > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:25:17 -0700 (PDT) > > I'm running Cygwin's Emacs in rxvt (no X, or screen right now). HOME > and END keys don't work in Emacs - they just insert ~. These keys work > in bash and Vim, so this looks like an Emacs problem. I did M-x > describe-bindings, and is set correctly to go to the beginning > of a line. Why doesn't it work?! > > C-h doesn't work either, but I don't use it so much, I can just type > "M-x help". > Also, I wouldn't mind getting F1-F12 to work. I think you will be better off asking these questions on the Cygwin list, because all of those keys work for me, both on GNU/Linux and in the native Windows build of Emacs. So I think there is something specific to Cygwin at work here.