Re: ";0c" in terminal with slow connections

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Vincent Lefevre <address@hidden> writes:

  > On 2007-09-07 07:13:46 -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > > The reason is to enable the modifyOtherKeys feature in new enough
  > > xterms. With that feature enabled key combinations C-. C-,
  > > and other keys that are normally not usable in a terminal generate
  > > distinct keys and emacs can bind them. Only newer versions of xterm
  > > can do this and AFAIK no other terminal emulators that set TERM to
  > > xterm can do it.
  > > 
  > > If we just send the escape sequence to enable modifyOtherKeys on a
  > > terminal that does not support it, the escape sequence will appear as
  > > junk on the screen. 
  > 
  > Why not let the user configure his xterm the way he likes?

You are missing the point, this is done because we would like the users
to transparently take advantage of this feature without having to
configure anything.

  > If you enable modifyOtherKeys, won't the configuration change
  > for other applications running in xterm?

Emacs restores the setting on suspend and quit.

  > What if the user has set up VT100 translations corresponding
  > to C-. C-, and so on?

I am not sure what is your point here.