Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: >> 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). > > Race condition. I just sent a similar answer to you in the other > mailing list. :-)
Yeah, I just finished you post there and responded... I guess this list is really the better place since it is not really an Emacs issue but more OS stuff, I'll put the ouput of xmodmap here too: ,---- | 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) `---- Oh, and I'm not using an ~/.xmodmap >> 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 think you have configured AltGr or other modifier without realizing > it. What might do that? [...] >> `á' > > That is the result of AltGr-a. Leading me to believe that you have > Alt configured as AltGr. A common configuration. > > Is that the Left-Alt, Right-Alt, or both? Most people would configure > Right Alt as the AltGr key. Then use the Left Alt for Meta. If you > are in the habit of using Right Alt for Meta then this would be a > conflict of use. But you could reconfigure to use a different key and > continue as you have been. I'll answer again here to keep info here too, its both Alt keys. I rarely use the right ALT for anything, but when I do I expect to behave the same as left alt, and for years it has seemed to do so. >> 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' > > For me with AltGr-x I get "œ" which is different from your report. Yeah, I see so maybe it isn't related to the AltGr at all. >> I don't often use emacs -nw any more but sometimes I need it. > > I use it all of the time. Using it right now. I mostly use emacs -nw now when I need to do something in a directory I'm already in with an xterm... its just quicker to do some things in dired. But there was a time when I used it much more extensively. Now I miss the fruit salad of emacs running in X in its own terminal, I guess. >> 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. > > Recently I asked a similar question in this thread. Here is the start: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/08/msg00819.html > > And for me the resolution is described here: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/08/msg00832.html > > Also other good information in that thread. OK, thanks again... off to read these URLs -- 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/8761tvmdjy....@newsguy.com
