Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-10 Thread Erwan David
Le 02/10/2017 à 18:31, Don Armstrong a écrit : > On Thu, 09 Feb 2017, Erwan David wrote: >> Wouldn't that make it impossible to write languages with diacritics in >> it ? Would be pathetic. > > You can just use the compose key instead, or additionally AltGr if your > keyboard has one. > My keybo

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 09 Feb 2017, Erwan David wrote: > Wouldn't that make it impossible to write languages with diacritics in > it ? Would be pathetic. You can just use the compose key instead, or additionally AltGr if your keyboard has one. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Teemu Likonen
Erwan David [2017-02-09 21:20:45+01] wrote: > Le 02/09/2017 à 21:10, Teemu Likonen a écrit : >> And I'd support that change. I have had metaSendsEscape in >> .Xresources forever but for new users and for consistency with other >> terminals and Linux console it would be good to make it default. >

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Erwan David
Le 02/09/2017 à 21:10, Teemu Likonen a écrit : > Sven Joachim [2017-02-09 19:38:13+01] wrote: > >> On 2017-02-09 15:38 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: >>> XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true > >> Another possibility is to use the resource >> >> XTerm*eightBitInput: false >> >> Probably we should change t

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Teemu Likonen
Sven Joachim [2017-02-09 19:38:13+01] wrote: > On 2017-02-09 15:38 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: >> XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true > Another possibility is to use the resource > > XTerm*eightBitInput: false > > Probably we should change the default for one of these. See the lengthy > discussion i

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-02-09 15:38 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Bob Bernstein [2017-02-09 01:27:09-05] wrote: > >> I then can enter startx and arrive in my desired icewm X desktop, I can >> then launch an xterm and, in it, jed, or emacs. But only Esc-x on the >> keyboard produces the wanted M-x prompt these edi

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Teemu Likonen wrote: In XTerm you can also toggle that feature by pressing Ctrl and left mouse button and select "Meta Sends Escape". Wonderful! Works like a charm! I will add to my .Xresources because at my um advanced years um I can quickly forget a little wrinkle like

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Teemu Likonen
Bob Bernstein [2017-02-09 01:27:09-05] wrote: > I then can enter startx and arrive in my desired icewm X desktop, I can > then launch an xterm and, in it, jed, or emacs. But only Esc-x on the > keyboard produces the wanted M-x prompt these editors. To control that meta key feature in XTerm add th

Re: Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-09 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 02/09/2017 07:27 AM, Bob Bernstein wrote: > When I boot my Jessie it brings me, as desired, to a bash command line > prompt (no X at this stage of the game). > > If I then launch the jed editor (or emacs -nw) from that prompt, > pressing Alt-x on the keyboard, produces the M-x prompt where jed

Once again: alt as my meta key

2017-02-08 Thread Bob Bernstein
When I boot my Jessie it brings me, as desired, to a bash command line prompt (no X at this stage of the game). If I then launch the jed editor (or emacs -nw) from that prompt, pressing Alt-x on the keyboard, produces the M-x prompt where jed wants it. I then can enter startx and arrive in m