Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-07 Thread James Cloos
> "BB" == Bob Bernstein writes: BB> ... if I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding BB> (Meta == Alt) evaporates. That is an issue with your terminal emulator. What do you see if you, in an emacs -nw session, press: C-q M-x Xterm's default

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 01 Feb 21:30 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > What I've not sat down and figured out is how to use Ctl-Left/Right to > navigate word left/right but use Alt-B/F instead. Even Bash will allow > the Ctl variants. I think I resolved my Ctrl-arrow keys following this page:

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-02 Thread David Wright
On Tue 02 Feb 2016 at 13:38:26 (-0600), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2016 01 Feb 21:30 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > What I've not sat down and figured out is how to use Ctl-Left/Right to > > navigate word left/right but use Alt-B/F instead. Even Bash will allow > > the Ctl variants. > > I

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 02 Feb 18:52 -0600, David Wright wrote: > I didn't like the footnote on that page: "I am using the complete > version without problems outside X. But I couldn’t make it work on > xterm with ‘emacs -nw’. But (again), if you are using X, why use > ‘-nw’? :)" Waiting for a remote system's

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." > Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you > changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if > I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta == Alt) > evaporates.

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-02 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: For xterm, you set this config the way Don Armstrong showed: XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true in your ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources. Bingo. That did it. I could not for money or love recall either of those two filenames you so graciously cited. Thanks

Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Doug
On 02/01/2016 09:06 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: :-)  "There are no dumb questions.  Only dumb answers." Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Bob Bernstein writes: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." > > Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you > changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
: Meta key for 'emacs -nw' Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 03:29:08 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org * On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: :-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." Okay. Here's on

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 01 Feb 2016, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." > > Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you > changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I >

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 01 Feb 21:37 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > >...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and > >running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine. > > Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Doug
On 02/01/2016 10:36 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote: ...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine. Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in the

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread David Wright
On Mon 01 Feb 2016 at 21:28:50 (-0600), Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote: > > [...] Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But if I > > launch 'emacs -nw' to avoid running in X that understanding (Meta == Alt) > > evaporates. Perhaps I need to set

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 01 Feb 20:07 -0600, Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >:-) "There are no dumb questions. Only dumb answers." > > Okay. Here's one -- I was going to post it in gnu.emacs.help, but you > changed my mind! Emacs running in X honors Alt as its Meta key. But

Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'

2016-02-01 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nate Bargmann wrote: ...I am using Emacs -nw to type this message calling it from Mutt and running in Xfce Terminal and Alt-X. etc, works just fine. Interesting. Hrrrmmm...so perhaps I can set up Alt as Meta in the configuration of the terminal I use in X? -- Bob