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Re: the old no working alt key in linux console
From: |
Harry Putnam |
Subject: |
Re: the old no working alt key in linux console |
Date: |
Sun, 05 Jan 2020 07:59:31 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: Harry Putnam <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:27:03 -0500
>>
>> As smart as emacs has gotten surely there is some simple technique to
>> get emacs to use the alt key in console mode.
>>
>> I haven't had to deal with this for a long time, and am finding piles
>> of serioiusly complex stuff on google about fixing it.
>>
>> Working in chroot on linux console (lubuntu) I'm having to use the
>> escape key to do common things like M-x M-w (copy). Is there some
>> simple way to control this...
>>
>> I'm on emacs 26 .. that what ubuntu has available on the repo.
>> Working in an xterm but when I call emacs it will only open in -nw
>> inside the terminal.
>
> What does Emacs see when you press Alt-SOME-KEY?
Sorry, that circle slash was produced by C-h l
Here is what you asked for:
Alt-some-key so I pressed Alt a, Alt b, Alt c
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Re: the old no working alt key in linux console, Tim Cross, 2020/01/05