srp@cgl.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell%Langridge) (06/03/88)
Hello, I have a question regarding the "Left" (and "Right") keys on a Sun 3/50 with regards to Gnu Emacs. At some point I noted that when running emacs on my sun, the "Left" key acted as a Meta key (as on a Symbolics) so that it was a modifier key (like control or shift). This is great! However, this is NOT the case when I rlogin to one of the VAX hosts and use Emacs there. The "left" key has no apparent effect at all. How is the action of these keys set? Is it somewhere in termcap? Is it something specific to Gnu Emacs only? The version of Emacs for the Sun is:18.33.5 The version of Emacs for the Vax is:18.33.10 Thanks, Scott Presnell +1 415 476 5326 Copmuter Graphics Laboratory; MacroMolecular Workbench Project, S-926 Univ. of Calif. at San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA. 94143 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet -- Scott Presnell +1 415 476 5326 Copmuter Graphics Laboratory; MacroMolecular Workbench Project, S-926 Univ. of Calif. at San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA. 94143 Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet
strong@CADILLAC.CAD.MCC.COM (Michael Strong) (06/04/88)
Posted-Date: 3 Jun 88 15:55:33 GMT
Date: 3 Jun 88 15:55:33 GMT
From: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell%Langridge)
Organization: MMWB Project; UCSF
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Hello,
I have a question regarding the "Left" (and "Right") keys on a
Sun 3/50 with regards to Gnu Emacs.
At some point I noted that when running emacs on my sun, the
"Left" key acted as a Meta key (as on a Symbolics) so that it was a
modifier key (like control or shift). This is great! However, this is
NOT the case when I rlogin to one of the VAX hosts and use Emacs there.
The "left" key has no apparent effect at all.
You are loosing the 8th bit. Try:
rlogin <host> -8
and see if your Meta-Key doesn't begin working again.
Thanks,
Scott Presnell +1 415 476 5326
Copmuter Graphics Laboratory; MacroMolecular Workbench Project, S-926
Univ. of Calif. at San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA. 94143
Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet
Michael Strong
@ MCC VLSI CAD Program [512] 338-3642
P.O. Box 200195, Austin, TX 78720
3500 West Balcones Center Drive, Austin, Tx 78759
ARPA: strong@mcc.com
UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,harvard,gatech,pyramid}!ut-sally!strong%mcc.comdana@dino.bellcore.com (Dana A. Chee) (06/06/88)
In article <10975@cgl.ucsf.EDU> srp@cgl.ucsf.edu (Scott R. Presnell%Langridge) writes:
I have a question regarding the "Left" (and "Right") keys on a
Sun 3/50 with regards to Gnu Emacs.
At some point I noted that when running emacs on my sun, the
"Left" key acted as a Meta key (as on a Symbolics) so that it was a
modifier key (like control or shift). This is great! However, this is
NOT the case when I rlogin to one of the VAX hosts and use Emacs there.
The "left" key has no apparent effect at all.
How is the action of these keys set? Is it somewhere in termcap?
Is it something specific to Gnu Emacs only?
No, the problem is that a normal rlogin only passes 7 bits, while the
meta key sets the 8th bit. So try 'rlogin machine -8' so that it
passes 8 bit data, this should fix your problem.
Thanks,
Scott Presnell +1 415 476 5326
Copmuter Graphics Laboratory; MacroMolecular Workbench Project, S-926
Univ. of Calif. at San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA. 94143
Internet: srp@cgl.ucsf.edu UUCP: ucbvax!ucsfcgl!srp Bitnet: srp@ucsfcgl.bitnet
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