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On 8 Feb 2016 12:14, "Tom" <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 08/02/16 11:48, Roland Tarver wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> On 8 Feb 2016 11:29, "Tom" <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> Â>
>> Â> On 08/02/16 09:05, Roland Tarver wrote:
>> Â>>
>> Â>> Hi Folks,
>> Â>>
>> Â>> This is probably really simple, but thus far I'm beat...
>> Â>>
>> Â>> I have recently started using fvwm as my window manager. I use emacs
>> Â>> from an xterm on my debian system.
>> Â>>
>> Â>> Since I began using fvwm the left or right "alt" keys have ceased normal
>> Â>> function. For example, "meta-v" should be a "page up" instead it
>> Â>> produces a single character, an "o" with two dots above it.
>> Â>>
>> Â>> Interestingly the graphical version of emacs seems to work fine (still
>> Â>> running in fvwm).
>> Â>>
>> Â>> I am not aware of any change in my emacs keybindings.
>> Â>>
>> Â>> I have experimented with setxkbmap; the man page was not very helpful,
>> Â>> http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1242/ <-- this link was more so. But,
>> Â>> still no success. :-s
>> Â>>
>> Â>> I have had a look through the files found (on my system) at
>> Â>> /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules, in particular the file base.lst.
>> Â>>
>> Â>> I have tried setting an option...
>> Â>>
>> Â>> $ setxkbmap -option 'altwin:meta_alt'
>> Â>>
>> Â>> .... which the base.lst file suggests should be "Alt and Meta are on Alt
>> Â>> keys"
>> Â>>
>> Â>> Am I barking up the wrong tree? :-s
>> Â>> Thanks for any pointers.
>> Â>>
>> Â>> Best wishes
>> Â>> Roly :-)
>> Â>>
>> Â>>
>> Â> Time to go mad!
>>
>> O dear. Sounds like another can of worms I have opened!
>>
>> Â> I've wrestled with things like this before and it can be a nightmare.
>> Sometime you can get somewhere with a bit of code to check that the
>> keyboard and X are actually passing the characters you want - they often
>> aren't.
>>
>> Ok. Thanks. Unfortunately it's been a long time since I did any
>> programming and I wasnt that great when I did. Lol. ...
>>
>> You need a simple console version and then an X version tcl may need to
>> be resurrected!
>> Â> You are running the console through the GUI or logging in via SSH....
>>
>> The xterm is running in the gui. It's running in a screen session too.
>>
>> On the same machine I used to use a gnome terminal (rather than an
>> xterm) and run emacs in a screen session with xfce with no trouble.
>> Although I could obviously swap back to xfce I dont really want to, just
>> for this small problem.
>>
>> I assumed it would merely be a matter of a setting in a config file
>> somewhere. Bother.
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Roly
>>
>>
>>
> found this http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html
> "appres xterm" may reveal something? or perhaps "stty -a"
>
> Tom te tom te tomSmart. Thanks a lot Tom. Had a quick read on my phone and I nite prior issues with alt/meta keys.
Will have a proper look when I get home.
Many thanks
Roly.
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