Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:47:17 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs weirdness at console Message-ID: <20030519081717.GS77354@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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--GJ7e10BhKqIkML+d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Single line paragraph. On Monday, 19 May 2003 at 15:34:02 +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > I'm a Linux refugee, and I confess to being new at FreeBSD. > > I've used Emacs a lot over the past few years under Linux. What I've > noticed in FreeBSD is that Emacs barely works at the console, yet it > works fine under X. Are you having other problems than the one you describe? > A crucial problem (in the console) is that the ALT key (or M- key in > Emacs parlance) just doesn't work at all. The Meta (M-) key is not the Alt key. If you want to use the Alt key as a Meta key, you need to tell the system to do so. > That's pretty major - without that key, about half the Emacs > commands are inaccessible. No, that's not correct. Hit Esc first, then the character. That has always worked. > The CTRL key (C- ) does work as expected. Again, in X, all is well > with Emacs. Try loading the emacs key bindings: # kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.emacs.kbd You can get the system to load this keymap automatically at boot time by putting the following line in your /etc/rc.conf: keymap=3D"us.emacs.kbd" # keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO= ). See the man page for kbdcontrol(1) for more details. Greg=20 -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --GJ7e10BhKqIkML+d Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+yJMNIubykFB6QiMRAgvAAJ9f3RvHwwIzaWJTc9mHAe+FosAMUACeJcMw 3V/tPnjt+guWQdhjiUhfIzA= =qbrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GJ7e10BhKqIkML+d--
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