Alt Key Issue

["Beerse, Corné"]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Garrett [mailto:garrett "at" bgb.cc]
>    I don't understand why I'm having this problem, but maybe 
> someone else does...
> 
>    I'm running a RedHat 7.2 machine with the RPM 
> vnc-server-3.3.3r2-18.4 from 
> Redhat installed. I'm using the standard windows client 
> version 3.3.3 R3 on 
> Windows XP.
> 
>    When I run emacs on the linux machine, the Alt key doesn't 
> work for escape 
> sequences. Alt-b is ignored. Explicitly hitting escape b 
> jumps back a word 
> (just as expected).

I have similar problems with W2K viewer to Linux or HP-UX servers. Specially
the alt and ctrl key actions don't arive timely on the unix side. I think
there are just to much parties that like to handle these keys: first it is
the firmware on your desktop, then the os on you desktop. If they let the
key's pass, only then it is in the control of vncviewer. The M$Windows based
viewer has special options to simulate ctrl and alt actions to overcome
these problems.

Might move to replace emacs with nedit (http://www.nedit.org) also
avialiable with redhat ;-) It is (as editor) just as powerfull as emacs but
it is only an editor, not a mailtool, not a newsreader, not an ide, not
a......


CBee