On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:45:04 +0000, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can do without X for my regular > computing needs. Most of what I do is text-based, primarily emacs, > mutt, slrn. However, I find emacs in particular is easier to deal with > in X, as there is better support for function keys. Stuff like xmodmap > is a great tool, so I can switch caps-lock to something useful. And > without X some key-chords produce garbage - anything with an arrow key > is out, for a start. Erm, just noticing that even single arrow keys > don't work properly - they all seem to move the cursor up, and leave > behind stray letters as they go. > > Are these just part of working in a console, or can someone point me > to a resource for fixing them up?
Take a look at the package "console-setup". It allows you to set up the keyboard for the console in a way that is very similar to what you know from Xkb. If you work on the console a lot you will probably also appreciate that console-setup makes it easy to use fonts that are nicer to look at, e.g. the ones from the "console-terminus" package. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
