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On 08/02/16 09:05, Roland Tarver wrote:
Hi Folks, This is probably really simple, but thus far I'm beat... I have recently started using fvwm as my window manager. I use emacs from an xterm on my debian system. Since I began using fvwm the left or right "alt" keys have ceased normal function. For example, "meta-v" should be a "page up" instead it produces a single character, an "o" with two dots above it. Interestingly the graphical version of emacs seems to work fine (still running in fvwm). I am not aware of any change in my emacs keybindings. I have experimented with setxkbmap; the man page was not very helpful, http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/1242/ <-- this link was more so. But, still no success. :-s I have had a look through the files found (on my system) at /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules, in particular the file base.lst. I have tried setting an option... $ setxkbmap -option 'altwin:meta_alt' .... which the base.lst file suggests should be "Alt and Meta are on Alt keys" Am I barking up the wrong tree? :-s Thanks for any pointers. Best wishes Roly :-)
Time to go mad!I've wrestled with things like this before and it can be a nightmare. Sometime you can get somewhere with a bit of code to check that the keyboard and X are actually passing the characters you want - they often aren't. You need a simple console version and then an X version tcl may need to be resurrected!
You are running the console through the GUI or logging in via SSH.... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq