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Modifier keys on ttys (was: with-pgtk: C-; turns into plain ';')


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Modifier keys on ttys (was: with-pgtk: C-; turns into plain ';')
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:08:56 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>> Note that TTYs have no way to represent C-; and friends.
> But they do.  It just takes a bit of work.  loadkeys is your friend.
> I've had C-; on my Linux console for over 20 years, now.

Indeed.  And similar solutions exist for xterm and friends.

> As well as loadkeys, you need to set up Emacs with stuff in the
> function-key-map to handle the modified keys.  It works well.

Side note: the "right" way to do it is via `input-decode-map` rather
than `function-key-map`, BTW.


        Stefan




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