meta keys?
Richard E Miles
r.godzilla at comcast.net
Thu May 26 23:18:05 UTC 2005
On Thu, 26 May 2005 08:52:36 -0700
"K. Richard Pixley" <rich at noir.com> wrote:
> In redhat releases and in other operating systems, a default xterm
> window will provide me with a shell wherein <alt>-<delete> will backward
> delete a word, <alt>-b, will move the cursor backward a word, <alt>-f
> will move forward a word, etc. That is, emacs editing mode works and
> acts on the meta keys.
>
> This doesn't work on fedora core 3, at least not out of the box. Can
> anyone explain to me what I need to do to get my meta key editing back,
> please? Or point me to relevant documentation that might help me figure
> out what's going on?
>
> I'm going fugbuck trying to type whenever I sit down in front of a
> fedora box.
>
> --rich
>
You can set your gnome terminal to ignore shortcut keys. Edit keyboard shortcuts... Select Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt+f to open File menu)
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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097
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