(Re.)mapping of the so called Meta- (Alt-) keys
Hi, I tried to remap several Alt-/Meta- key sequences to other and to commands. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I see no logic behind this behaviour. It seems, that I miss certain informations hot to do this the right way. My terminal emits Meta- and Alt- keysequences in binary format and not with the ESC- prefix now (mrxvt called with the -m8 option). This breaks the Midnight commander under Linux. It seems that there isn't sometimes the choice to live but the choice, what way of death is wanted...sigh. Is there something special to do or to keep attention to when trying to remap those keys ? Thanks a lot in advance for any help ! Have a nice weekend! mcc
Re: (Re.)mapping of the so called Meta- (Alt-) keys
Meino Christian Cramer wrote: Hi, I tried to remap several Alt-/Meta- key sequences to other and to commands. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I see no logic behind this behaviour. It seems, that I miss certain informations hot to do this the right way. My terminal emits Meta- and Alt- keysequences in binary format and not with the ESC- prefix now (mrxvt called with the -m8 option). This breaks the Midnight commander under Linux. It seems that there isn't sometimes the choice to live but the choice, what way of death is wanted...sigh. Is there something special to do or to keep attention to when trying to remap those keys ? Thanks a lot in advance for any help ! Have a nice weekend! mcc Alt + printable character combinations sometimes collides with accented letters or other upper-ASCII characters Alt + special key is sometimes preempted by the OS or by the window manager (e.g., Alt + Tab used on many systems to select a program/window) In my experience the most portable keys for mapping in (g)vim are F2-F9, F11-F12 and Shift-F1 to Shift-F12. Best regards, Tony.
Re: (Re.)mapping of the so called Meta- (Alt-) keys
From: A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (Re.)mapping of the so called Meta- (Alt-) keys Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:47:04 +0200 Meino Christian Cramer wrote: Hi, I tried to remap several Alt-/Meta- key sequences to other and to commands. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not. I see no logic behind this behaviour. It seems, that I miss certain informations hot to do this the right way. My terminal emits Meta- and Alt- keysequences in binary format and not with the ESC- prefix now (mrxvt called with the -m8 option). This breaks the Midnight commander under Linux. It seems that there isn't sometimes the choice to live but the choice, what way of death is wanted...sigh. Is there something special to do or to keep attention to when trying to remap those keys ? Thanks a lot in advance for any help ! Have a nice weekend! mcc Alt + printable character combinations sometimes collides with accented letters or other upper-ASCII characters Alt + special key is sometimes preempted by the OS or by the window manager (e.g., Alt + Tab used on many systems to select a program/window) In my experience the most portable keys for mapping in (g)vim are F2-F9, F11-F12 and Shift-F1 to Shift-F12. Best regards, Tony. Hi Tony, thank you for your reply ! :) I will review my remap attempts for those combinations. Have a nice weekend! mcc
