Alt Key Issue

[Don Garrett]

Beerse, Corni wrote:
>>-----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.

   I have seen this problem on a different laptop running Windows 2000, but I 
don't remember seeing it on the laptop before that with Windows 98 (didn't use 
VNC much then). Perhaps it's a difference between NT and 98?

   How hard would it be it add an option to transmit Alt-Key as an Escape then 
Key sequence? I have used that with terminal emulators in the past to fix 
problems.

   I haven't looking into the VNC code, and I'm not sure if I'm setup to build 
it or not. If I am, and I have time (pretty big if), I might try to produce a 
tweaked version and see what it does.

> 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......

   But I LIKE being able to watch the towers on hanoi any time I like! ;>

   It would be hard for me to switch. Not least because I've been using emacs 
over 10 years, but because I'm using a lot of the extentions to help adjust to 
local coding conventions, different version control systems, etc.

> CBee
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