Re: emacs in a terminal : problems with control

[Javier]

I use mainly emacs in the linux console.  I can use gnu/screen for
holding the session in a remote computer, while I switch off the
computer at home.

In order to pass some key combinations I have to use an extended
version of /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz

I think xterm lets pass most of the control sequences (better than
gnome-terminal).  If some key combination is not passed you will have
to modify ~/.Xmodmap

What it would be good is that the linux distributions would provide
extended versions of *.kmap.gz .Xmodmap files for passing more key
combinations.


Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> wrote:
>>> What do you gain by letting the editor run remotely, when all you
>>> actually want is the file access?
>>
>> If the file is big, it's better to edit it remotely than to download it,
>> modify it and upload it.  Of course, if you have a 10,000 Mb/s network
>> link between the two computers, it may not make a difference.
> 
> I can see many other advantages too.  Like positions of backup file,
> and interrupted-edit files; behaviour when a connection is
> interrupted; no need to retype usernames and hosts (which, in tcsh,
> might be auto-completed) etc.