Re: Modifier keys on ttys (was: with-pgtk: C-; turns into plain ';')

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Stefan.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 08:08:56 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> Note that TTYs have no way to represent C-; and friends.
> > But they do.  It just takes a bit of work.  loadkeys is your friend.
> > I've had C-; on my Linux console for over 20 years, now.

> Indeed.  And similar solutions exist for xterm and friends.

> > As well as loadkeys, you need to set up Emacs with stuff in the
> > function-key-map to handle the modified keys.  It works well.

> Side note: the "right" way to do it is via `input-decode-map` rather
> than `function-key-map`, BTW.

Ah, how these things change!  I think function-key-map was the only way
~20 years ago.

>         Stefan

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