Re: repeatable vs. non-repeatable commands

[Emanuel Berg]

Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> C-A [...] Since these bindings are not
> available in a console

In a way they are, with the familiar
workaround. I suppose it doesn't count as user
configurable tho. Well, it depends who the user
is...

In /etc/console-setup/remap.inc

    # C-a and C-A
    # a/A is 30; use showkey(1)
    # C-a already works
    # use the ""Private Use Area": U+E000 up to and including U+F8FF
    control shift keycode 30 = U+E000

then with 'sudo' or possibly first 'chmod +s /bin/loadkeys'

    loadkeys -q -c -s /etc/console-setup/remap.inc

in Emacs

    (define-key input-decode-map [?\uE000] [C-A])
    (global-set-key [C-A]  (lambda () (interactive) (message "A")))
    (global-set-key "\C-a" (lambda () (interactive) (message "a")))

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