Re: xterm.el

[Johan Bockgård]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> If we convert most of the lists inside the vectors, why keep them in
> just three cases?
>
>     +      (define-key map "\e[27;6;63~"  [(control ??)])
>
>     +      (define-key map "\e[27;14;63~"  [(control meta ??)])
>
>     +      (define-key map "\e[27;8;63~"  [(control meta ??)])

(info "(elisp)Ctl-Char Syntax")

    For historical reasons, Emacs treats the <DEL> character as the
    control equivalent of `?':

         ?\^? => 127     ?\C-? => 127

    As a result, it is currently not possible to represent the character
    `Control-?', which is a meaningful input character under X, using
    `\C-'.  It is not easy to change this, as various Lisp files refer to
    <DEL> in this way.

-- 
Johan Bockgård