From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 13 17:45:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA07035 for current-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:45:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA07022 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:45:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA01509; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:15:16 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971014101516.00545@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:15:16 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible sc0 problem References: <19971013164448.18208@lemis.com> <199710131017.TAA01333@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710131017.TAA01333@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 07:47:42PM +0930 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 07:47:42PM +0930, Mike Smith wrote: >>> The correct fix is to have ALT-Fn do the "right thing", while still >>> generating Meta- >>> >>> This is left as an exercise to the original committer. 8) >> >> No fair. You came up with this idea, now prove it. >> >> I have a function M-F1 which inserts a \f(BI.\fP\| around the point. >> I have a function C-M-F1 which inserts a \f(CI.\fP\| around the point. >> How do I change for /dev/ttyv0 using the Meta key? > > You do what everyone that learnt Emacs on a bad terminal does; read M- > as Esc- 8) That's such an appalling kludge that, Emacs bigot though I be, I use vi on such keyboards. > Seriously, my point was just that the "right thing" was not > particularly clear. Once it has been defined, implementing it will > obviously be trivial. I think, in fact, that Garrett brought up the correct information. I had completely forgotten that I map Alt-L to Meta under X. And Ctrl-Meta-F2 and friends still work. I just wish they wouldn't :-) Greg