I have been noticing for some time that my ~/.inputrc key combos don't work. Also the keyboard Alt key doesn't work in emacs if I run it in -nw more (in an xterm).
I guess some kind of changes over time in the OS setup has happened but I could not nail it down to any particular date... haven't been paying close attention. I'd like to get things back to what I'm used to but when I start reading xmodmap manpage... I have to hide all my guns so I don't just go ahead and shot myself. ;) I'm used to being able to press the keyboard alt key and then whatever else I've set in .inputrc to call certain commands. Now when I press Alt+a for example, in an Xterm (Xterm (295)) I get: `á' instead of the awk command I've set in .inputrc. If I start emacs -nw in an xterm same kind of thing happens when I press Alt-x (Or what emacsers often refer to M-x).. I get this: `ø' I don't often use emacs -nw any more but sometimes I need it. Of course I can always use the Esc key in emacs to do what I expect the alt key to do, but that is really awkward. I'm guessing there is some sort of xmodmap settings that will put things back the way I want them... but really no clue how to devise them. Currently xmodmap shows these settings: ,---- | xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): | | shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) | lock Caps_Lock (0x42) | control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) | mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x6c), Meta_L (0xcd) | mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) | mod3 | mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), | Hyper_L (0xcf) | mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb) `---- I've never set up an ~/.xmodmap file and wondered if any of you might have some examples that would help. My environment is an aging PC (6-8 yr old P4) running Debian (testing) And I'm using LXDE Desktop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pps3mlk2....@newsguy.com
