Re: xterm [menu] key definition

[tomas]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 10:19:06AM +0200, Ergus wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 09:37:23AM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
> >* Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> [2021-08-23; 20:35]:
> >>>I don't actually know about any keyboard with a print
> >>>button...
> >>
> >>wouldn't that be the PrtSc key which is on every standard PC
> >>keyboard right of F12 and above of Insert?
> >>
> >>>But I suppose there should be some. If someone has it;
> >>>please could you check with xev and cat+xterm what it
> >>>sends?
> >>
> >>Said key gives via cat on xterm:
> >>
> >>^[[2~
> >>
> >>and xev says the same.
> >>
> >>on debian buster, that is.
> >
> >I have the PrtSc key that prints the screen,
> >but no Menu key, so can't confirm, sorry.
> >
> I don't think there is a [print] key anymore anywhere... "PrtSc" is
> something else and in general never should reach emacs because it is
> intended to take screenshots; so the desktop or window manager should
> intercept it before.

It's a key as any other key too. For those using refurbished hardware
it's not as uncommon as you might think.

I remap it to whatever seems useful (but then, I remap also caps lock,
because I deem it useless, so I'm weird ;-)

Cheers
 - t

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