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Article: 13402 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.3 and the "Alt" key
Date: 1 Jun 2002 11:10:44 -0400
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <ufg7hl4g4nco6b@corp.supernews.com>,
John Kidwell <kidwell@hotmail.com> wrote:
: First of thanks Jeff and Frank for your answers. I appreciate your
: taking the time to help. After reading Jeff's reply I did a bi
: t more investigating.
:
: I've been using Linux since 1997 and pretty much used Kermit the
: whole time. I'd used Kermit under DOS since the late 80's. I apparently
: just happened to be using the correct combination under Linux. The ALT keys
: worked in X Windows using Xterm with the VT100 termcap. I tested this on
: some older Linux boxes today and found that even under older Linux versions
: the ALT keys did not work with the console or using Konsole, RXVT or KVT.
: But I'm certain the ALT keys worked with my setup since RH V4.2.
:
I realize it's confusing, but in Linux (and on Unix workstations in general),
when you are using an xterm window, key mapping is not done in Kermit, but
in X, in the .xmodmap file. The reasons are explained in the documents I
referred you to yesterday. There is no way a standard i/o application like
Kermit can see your actual keystrokes.
I suppose there might be a middle ground, in which you tell X that the Alt
key should be a "meta" key, in which case Alt-x, etc, produce single 8-bit
bytes. In that case, Kermit can map them.
- Frank