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Re: Alt + Shift combinations not working in the linux console
From: |
Martin Rydstr|m |
Subject: |
Re: Alt + Shift combinations not working in the linux console |
Date: |
08 Jan 2004 02:37:04 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
joao <joao@nospam.net> writes:
> So the problem has been narrowed down to a difference between this
> virtual console and an xterm : typing Alt + "<" yields ESC < in both
> cases, but typing Alt + Shift + ">" yields ESC > inside the xterm, but
> nothing at all (not a single character) in the virtual console.
>
> So emacs works fine in the xterm but becomes unusable in the console.
>
> Any idea where I can fix this ?
Yeah. This is a problem with the keymap under VC:s not being
"complete" enough. Stuff to use to fix: loadkeys, dumpkeys.
To diagnose what the kernel sees, and can pass on, try showkey.
All three modes of showkey will probably be useful to find out
what is going on.
Regards,
'mr
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[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is
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