Emacs Trouble, Meta key not working

chandru.in · 07-13-2005, 04:55 AM

Hi,

I'm using,

Slackware 10.1
bash 3.0

When I'm editing a file in emacs the functions which requrie the Meta and shift keys to be pressed simultaneously are not working.

For example,

M-< (Move to beginning of buffer)
M-> (Move to end of buffer)
M-! (Execute shell command)

I tried both Alt and two consecutive escapes as meta key.

However, there is no problem when emacs runs under X.

Please help me!

keefaz · 07-13-2005, 05:39 AM

maybe create a ~/.inputrc with the content :

Code:

set meta-flag on
set convert-meta off
set input-meta on
set output-meta on

chandru.in · 07-13-2005, 06:53 AM

Can u please explain about this ".inputrc"??

Is it used by Emacs or is it used by Bash??

keefaz · 07-13-2005, 08:09 AM

Note that I said 'maybe'

More infos :
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...init-file.html

chandru.in · 07-13-2005, 11:38 PM

Sorry!!

I tried what you said, but that did not help.

The ~/.inputrc file had a strange effect on my console input. The DELETE key started inserting tilde(~) instead of deleting the succeding character. However, this was corrected after removing ~/.inputrc. However, there is not change in the behavior of meta under emacs.

chandru.in · 07-15-2005, 01:17 AM

Some one please help me out.

I'm having to define my own keys for the common actions.

chandru.in · 07-18-2005, 05:53 AM

Friends!!!

Can someone please provide a solution!!

I'm badly in need of it. Plz do not take this offensively. I'm just in urgent need.