From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 28 09:03:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA07617 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:03:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA07584 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:03:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA00264; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:00:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:00:52 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199807281600.JAA00264@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: drwho@xnet.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alt key in text mode... In-Reply-To: <19980727181203.A18900@drwho.xnet.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:12:03 -0500 >From: "M. Maxwell" >Ok, I'm getting a little irritated about this one. >I need to get the Alt key to work in text mode. Right now, I try typing: > Alt+BackSpace >Nothing happens. It *might* be of some use if you were to mention what precisely what behavior you were wanting/expecting from that particular key combination. After all, the VT-100s I've seen don't even *have* an "Alt" key. >Instead, I have to hit escape, backspace. Well, that would accomplish an "escape sequence," which may or may not have any relation to anything else. >Not only is it annoying, but in Emacs, the annoyance becomes a problem. I'll take your word for it; I've never had a desire to use Emacs. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message