From: rydis (Martin Rydstr|m) @CD.Chalmers.SE
Subject: Re: Alt + Shift combinations not working in the linux console
Date: 08 Jan 2004 02:37:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w4cptdvdxvj.fsf@boris.cd.chalmers.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bthtsd$29d$1@feed.teaser.net
joao <joao@nospam.net> writes:
> So the problem has been narrowed down to a difference between this
> virtual console and an xterm : typing Alt + "<" yields ESC < in both
> cases, but typing Alt + Shift + ">" yields ESC > inside the xterm, but
> nothing at all (not a single character) in the virtual console.
>
> So emacs works fine in the xterm but becomes unusable in the console.
>
> Any idea where I can fix this ?
Yeah. This is a problem with the keymap under VC:s not being
"complete" enough. Stuff to use to fix: loadkeys, dumpkeys.
To diagnose what the kernel sees, and can pass on, try showkey.
All three modes of showkey will probably be useful to find out
what is going on.
Regards,
'mr
--
[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is
beautiful. -- Neal Stephenson, _In the Beginning was the Command Line_
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-08 1:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-06 23:11 Alt + Shift combinations not working in the linux console joao
2004-01-07 5:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.96.1073458433.928.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-01-07 8:26 ` joao
2004-01-07 11:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-01-07 17:51 ` Greg Fenton
2004-01-07 22:32 ` joao
2004-01-08 1:37 ` Martin Rydstr|m [this message]
2004-01-09 22:40 ` joao
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