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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 08:07:01 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Harry Putnam <address@hidden> writes:
> Harry Putnam <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 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
>>
>> ` á â ã '
>
Egad, I'm NOT thinking straight this morning.
>
> Here it is: Alt-a, Alt-b, Alt-c and Alt-x
` á â ã ø '
Re: the old no working alt key in linux console, Tim Cross, 2020/01/05