From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: xterm.el Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:18:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1175903080 24318 80.91.229.12 (6 Apr 2007 23:44:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 23:44:40 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 07 01:44:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HZwmC-0002MW-9a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:19:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HZwpi-0004im-Oa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HZwpf-0004ey-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:22:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HZwpf-0004cU-6T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:22:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HZwpf-0004cA-2h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:22:59 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HZwm7-00064q-Go for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:19:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HZwlu-00021W-Fo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:19:06 +0200 Original-Received: from gamma02.me.chalmers.se ([129.16.50.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:19:06 +0200 Original-Received: from bojohan+news by gamma02.me.chalmers.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:19:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gamma02.me.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7fkmG2kVZ/oMait0HADbeMPvheY= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69148 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > If we convert most of the lists inside the vectors, why keep them in > just three cases? > > + (define-key map "\e[27;6;63~" [(control ??)]) > > + (define-key map "\e[27;14;63~" [(control meta ??)]) > > + (define-key map "\e[27;8;63~" [(control meta ??)]) (info "(elisp)Ctl-Char Syntax") For historical reasons, Emacs treats the character as the control equivalent of `?': ?\^? => 127 ?\C-? => 127 As a result, it is currently not possible to represent the character `Control-?', which is a meaningful input character under X, using `\C-'. It is not easy to change this, as various Lisp files refer to in this way. -- Johan Bockgård