> "BB" == Bob Bernstein writes:
BB> ... if I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding
BB> (Meta == Alt) evaporates.
That is an issue with your terminal emulator.
What do you see if you, in an emacs -nw session, press: C-q M-x
Xterm's default settings can be a problem for
* On 2016 02 Feb 18:52 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> 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 w
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 th
* 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.emacswik
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote:
For xterm, you set this config the way Don Armstrong showed:
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
in your ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources.
Bingo. That did it. I could not for money or love recall either
of those two filenames you so graciously cited. Thanks
>> :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if
> I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta == Alt)
> evaporates. Per
* On 2016 01 Feb 21:37 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> >...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and
> >running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine.
>
> Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in t
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from
Mutt and running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just
fine.
Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in
the configuration of the terminal I use in X?
--
Bob Bernst
* On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But i
On 02/01/2016 10:36 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and running
in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine.
Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in the configurat
On Mon, 01 Feb 2016, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I
> la
That, or use the escape key and it may be possible to restore that key
binding for when emacs -nw is run so hitting alt works again.
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote:
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:28:50
From: Nate Bargmann
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Meta key for '
On Mon 01 Feb 2016 at 21:28:50 (-0600), Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > [...] Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I
> > launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta == Alt)
> > evaporates. Perhaps I need to set som
On 02/01/2016 09:06 PM, Bob Bernstein
wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only
dumb answers."
Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it
in gnu.emacs.hel
Bob Bernstein writes:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
>> :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
>
> Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you
> changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if
> I launch 'emacs -nw' to a
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers."
Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help,
but you changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its
Meta key. But if I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that
understa
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