From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 9 03:40:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA14068 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 03:40:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (ki1.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE [160.45.24.21]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA14036 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 03:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.1.28.1) from mail.hanse.de (193.174.9.9) with smtp id ; Wed, 9 Oct 96 12:39 MEST Received: from wavehh.UUCP by mail.hanse.de with UUCP for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org id ; Wed, 9 Oct 96 11:39 MET Received: by wavehh.hanse.de (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA13572; Wed, 9 Oct 96 12:39:25 +0200 From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer) Message-Id: <9610091039.AA13572@wavehh.hanse.de> Subject: Alt/Meta-Key problems/ pty problem? To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:39:24 +0200 (MET DST) #Reply-To: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I noticed that the Alt-(Meta) Key for emacs doesn't work with FreeBSD. This happens since at least 2.0.5 and still is a problem on 0801-Snap. This works with NetBSD. The problem occures on all non-native-X11 emacs instances, with rlogin, telnet, on the system console etc. I assume the problem is with FreeBSD's pty implementation, but don't really know how to start beating at the problem. I understand the Alt/Meta key is handled different from Shift and Control in that Shift and Control are standard modifier keys, while Alt/Meta is set up in an application-spefic manner, right? If so, would you provide some hints where to get information on how things should work? How do one use the Meta key in an application? How is the key status transported trough the tty? How is responsible for managing the status of the new modifier key: the pty, the keyboard driver, the application, Elvis or who or what? Or is it just magic :-)? Thanks Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.bik-gmbh.de/~cracauer Fax +49 40 522 85 36