Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:35:20 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs weirdness at console Message-ID: <20030519083520.GB2292@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 03:34:02PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote:
> I'm a Linux refugee, and I confess to being new at FreeBSD.
>=20
> I've used Emacs a lot over the past few years under Linux. What I've noti=
ced in FreeBSD is that Emacs barely works at the console, yet it works fine=
under X. A crucial problem (in the console) is that the ALT key (or M- key=
in Emacs parlance) just doesn't work at all. That's pretty major - without=
that key, about half the Emacs commands are inaccessible. The CTRL key (C-=
) does work as expected. Again, in X, all is well with Emacs.
>=20
> Any suggestions on this are most welcome.
Try typing, for instance:
Esc x psychoanalyze-pinhead
If you want to enable the Meta key in your console, you need to create
and load a customised .kbd map --- see kbdmap(8) and the standard maps
in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps. You might find the map in
http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-users/2000-October/0=
02567.html
interesting for comparison.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
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