On Tue 02 Feb 2016 at 13:38:26 (-0600), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2016 01 Feb 21:30 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > What I've not sat down and figured out is how to use Ctl-Left/Right to > > navigate word left/right but use Alt-B/F instead. Even Bash will allow > > the Ctl variants. > > I think I resolved my Ctrl-arrow keys following this page: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CuaModeTerminalProblems > > Unless one is using an actual Linux VC the keymap information can be > ignored.
Fair enough. I just want my VC to behave as much like X as I can manage, and I prefer to configure it system-wide and in the Debian way. I didn't like the footnote on that page: "I am using the complete version without problems outside X. But I couldn’t make it work on xterm with ‘emacs -nw’. But (again), if you are using X, why use ‘-nw’? :)" Waiting for a remote system's window to map is a pain. > I added the stanza at the bottom of that page to my > ~/.emacs-mail which is loaded only when calling Emacs from Mutt. I also > added the TERM type of "screen-256color" to the list of "linux" and > "xterm" so the Ctrl-arrow work through TMUX in Emacs. > > While that page is linked from the CUA page: > > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CuaMode > > it seems independent. That said, I did enable CUA mode so I get the > familiar cut, copy, paste, undo keys. I tend to stick with the native behaviour as much as possible; fewer surprises when you use a different or unconfigured system. > However, it appears that Xfce > Terminal (others?) traps the Shift-arrow keys so as to enable > line-by-line scrolling as with the default keymap of the Linux console. That's odd. In an xterm, Shift-arrows seem to make/modify the selection as one might expect. Cheers, David.
