[lug] Emacs problem

[Steve T.]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:34:40AM -0600, David wrote:
> > > C-q C-q  ^Q
> > > 
> > > C-q ESC   ^[
> > > 
> > > C-q M-e   å  (in X)    ^[e  (in console)
> > > 
> > > C-q M->   ¾            ^[>
> > 
> > All of these work properly with the standard meta key (alt) except for, of
> > course, M->.    I still have no idea ....
> 
> The difficulty (with asking for help) is that you are not reporting
> very well.  What do you mean by "All .. with the .. meta key .." -
> only two of the four lines involve the meta key.  Tell us what *does*
> happen.  There are six possible results given, in two different modes.
> Which give exactly the same result; which give something (what is it);
> which do nothing at all.

Sorry about that - I thought I was being fairly clear.  Of the above, I get
the given result for all of them except for C-q M->, which gives me nothing;
view-lossage confirms that, indeed, xemacs isn't catching the M-> combination
in console.  Of further interest:

Both alt and escape seem to be bound to ESC in console, which also seems to
view-lossage confirms that, indeed, xemacs isn't catching the M-> combination
in console.  Of further interest:

Both alt and escape seem to be bound to ESC in console.  Whether or not
this has anything to do with the problem is debatable.

Using alt as the meta key works fine in xwindows - alas, I never use xemacs
anywhere besides the console.

The result of view-lossage after starting up xemacs and hitting M-> a few 
times, using alt as the meta key, and then a few times using escape as the
meta key:

RET ESC > ESC > ESC > ESC > ESC > ESC x v i e w - l
o s s a g e RET

Between the return (to get rid of the welcome screen) and the first ESC >, I
hit M-> around five or six times.  Also note that I used alt as the meta key to invoke view-lossage.  Checking the keybindings shows:

'end-of-buffer is bound to: M->, C-end, C-kp-end'.

It's worth noting that C-end and C-kp-end also don't work.

Hopefully this should clear up any ambiguity; xemacs just isn't catching
the keystrokes bound to end-of-buffer for some reason (or, I noticed,
beginning-of-buffer).  If I need to give out more information to further
clarify the problem, let me know. 

- Steve
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