From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 01:35:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C8637B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 01:35:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DDB43F85 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 01:35:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h4J8ZLNF002771 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 19 May 2003 09:35:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h4J8ZKSZ002766; Mon, 19 May 2003 09:35:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:35:20 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Robert Storey Message-ID: <20030519083520.GB2292@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Robert Storey , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="98e8jtXdkpgskNou" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030519153402.22ac5d71.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.0 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.54 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.54 (1.174.2.17-2003-05-11-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs weirdness at console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 08:35:26 -0000 --98e8jtXdkpgskNou Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --98e8jtXdkpgskNou Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+yJdIdtESqEQa7a0RAgN/AKCLoFoHwv+8HezSa5IqwJ6NCWUnigCbB0XU p3JU5pE5d/771ohaTWz+9GE= =CRWe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --98e8jtXdkpgskNou--