Re: Emacs in console: Meta key problem
Thank you! I confirm that it works without any other configuration. On 3/19/24 17:25, char...@lisp.mobi wrote: init.el: (set-input-mode t nil t) On 3/19/24 03:07, Irek Szcześniak wrote: Hi, I would like to use Emacs in the console, but the problem is the Meta key. I'm using OpenBSD 7.4 GENERIC.MP#1397 amd64 with regular PC keyboards where I got used to the left Alt as the Meta key. I know that instead of using Meta (e.g., Alt+x), I can prefix with Esc, and then press x. However, I would like to get the left Alt work the way I'm used to. But how? Supposedly, this should work: wsconsctl keyboard.encoding=us.metaesc However, it doesn't work for me, and I don't know how to diagnose the problem. I can use Emacs (emacs -nw) in xterm and cwm (from there I can ssh to a different system and can use Emacs with the left Alt key allright), where I had to tweak the .Xdefaults: XTerm*eightBitInput: false XTerm*eightBitOutput: true How to get the console work the way I want? Thanks & best, Irek
Re: Emacs in console: Meta key problem
init.el: (set-input-mode t nil t) On 3/19/24 03:07, Irek Szcześniak wrote: Hi, I would like to use Emacs in the console, but the problem is the Meta key. I'm using OpenBSD 7.4 GENERIC.MP#1397 amd64 with regular PC keyboards where I got used to the left Alt as the Meta key. I know that instead of using Meta (e.g., Alt+x), I can prefix with Esc, and then press x. However, I would like to get the left Alt work the way I'm used to. But how? Supposedly, this should work: wsconsctl keyboard.encoding=us.metaesc However, it doesn't work for me, and I don't know how to diagnose the problem. I can use Emacs (emacs -nw) in xterm and cwm (from there I can ssh to a different system and can use Emacs with the left Alt key allright), where I had to tweak the .Xdefaults: XTerm*eightBitInput: false XTerm*eightBitOutput: true How to get the console work the way I want? Thanks & best, Irek
Emacs in console: Meta key problem
Hi, I would like to use Emacs in the console, but the problem is the Meta key. I'm using OpenBSD 7.4 GENERIC.MP#1397 amd64 with regular PC keyboards where I got used to the left Alt as the Meta key. I know that instead of using Meta (e.g., Alt+x), I can prefix with Esc, and then press x. However, I would like to get the left Alt work the way I'm used to. But how? Supposedly, this should work: wsconsctl keyboard.encoding=us.metaesc However, it doesn't work for me, and I don't know how to diagnose the problem. I can use Emacs (emacs -nw) in xterm and cwm (from there I can ssh to a different system and can use Emacs with the left Alt key allright), where I had to tweak the .Xdefaults: XTerm*eightBitInput: false XTerm*eightBitOutput: true How to get the console work the way I want? Thanks & best, Irek
