Re: M-<, M->, M-% ...

[poppyer]

Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:

>    > What is the best way to invoke the above mentionned keys in the
>    > linux console (I really mean the console, not a xterm) ?
>
>    I managed to get M-< and M-> works, but M-arrow keys still not working.
>
> Very intelligent. Why can't you have M-right and friends working
> with this method ?

I believe that it is because Meta_less and Meta_greater are predefined in
the keymap, while Meta_up, Meta-right etc are not.

I just google up the string like Meta_up is "\033\003[A" but obvious it
is not working in my case. so I think if you can figure out the correct
string, it should work.

cheers,
poppyer

>
>    1). make a mykeymap plain txt file:
>
>    --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>    alt shift keycode 51 = Meta_less
>    alt shift keycode 52 = Meta_greater
>    alt keycode 103 = F98
>    alt keycode 108 = F99
>    string F98 = "\033\033[A" # Meta_up
>    string F99 = "\033\033[B" # Meta_down
>    --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Really good. How did you find the keys to modify ?
>
> Regrds
>
>       Xavier

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