Gnu_Raiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From: Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Wrote one day while in band camp: >> I'm trying to get emacs setup for mutt and slrn. It works really well, >> except for one thing. When I use it as my editor with emacs -nw, the >> alt- key combos get muddled by xterm en route to emacs, so that I have >> to use ESC instead. Is this unavoidable, or is there a terminal >> emulator that allows for the use of meta keys?
> I assume you know about gnus right? Some would say that using slrn, and > mutt with emacs is heresy! some people seem to like the color scheme (mutt and tin with ncurses here, editing with vile ;-) > You might want to try the emacswiki it has some good knowledge, if your > really up for some abuse try the emacs irc channel on freenode. Most will > probably point you to the wiki, and laugh unless you find a kind soul who > will help you. But your probably going to get a lot of questions about > the "proper way to use gnus". This might be what your looking for! > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/XtermExtras That looks like enough for him to start on. Even _newer_ xterm can do more. Perhaps some Emacs user will make a package using xterm's modifyOtherKeys escape sequence - see notes starting here: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_216 Anyway - he shouldn't _have_ to use ESC (with xterm). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
