Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:28:35 +0200 From: "Piotr M." <pfm@wp.eu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Using Alt+x on a vt terminal Message-ID: <YH3Z4y2Z5bVkw4uA@wp.pl>
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Hello all, I'm trying to use Emacs on a vt terminal, but left Alt+x isn't handled properly (I'm using kern.vty=vt and LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8). Even with us.emacs.kbd keymap, I can't use left Alt+x as M-x -- I have to use Esc followed by x, which of course isn't very convenient. When I press left Alt+x, Emacs complains that M-ź is unbound. But that means that several things happen: Alt+x is processed, turned into 'ź' (right Alt+x yields this character), and then the driver still seems to 'think' it needs to make that an Alt+something. Similar thing happens in tcsh: when I type Ctrl+v followed by left Alt+x, I get "^[ź", so Alt seems to be applied twice. Is there any chance I could set up my system to properly handle left Alt+x on a vt terminal? Looking at the keymaps, I feel the answer is 'no' because keymaps don't specify which Alt is used as modifier key for a particular scan code. But maybe I am missing something? Any hint or help will be highly appreciated. Best regards, Piotr M.
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