Quoting Vincent Lefevre (vinc...@vinc17.net): > On 2015-08-10 13:02:07 +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On my Debian/unstable machine, Alt-space gives a normal space in > > > xterm. There must be something else in the user's config. > > > > Do you have any "Translation" among the xterm resources ? > > > > appres XTerm | fgrep ransl > > Well, it seems that there's some confusion. By "Alt", I meant the > ISO_Level3_Shift key, which is bound to the physical Alt and AltGr > keys in my keyboard configuration. This is the typical key to get > alternate characters. I have some translations, but whether I use > them or not, I get the same result with this modifier: a normal > space. > > Now, there's the Meta key (mod1, bound to the physical Windows key in > my keyboard configuration), often called Alt in other applications, > which gives the Escape character because I've set eightBitInput to > false. Without this setting, I get ISO-8859-1 characters (translated > into UTF-8): the ASCII character with the 8th bit set. For space, > 0x20 is changed to 0x80|0x20 = 0xA0, which is the NO-BREAK SPACE in > ISO-8859-1. IMHO, eightBitInput = true (the default) does not make > much sense.
It's very simple really. Like the pound in your pocket, the space bar has been steadily shrinking over the years. On a laptop, you're lucky if the space bar starts before you get to the 'F' key; mine is just five keys long. Now tap away on the space bar, preferably with your left thumb. Move your hand slightly leftwards as you do so, perhaps to stretch a finger towards the '1' key. There. You've done it. Caught the key on its left just as you tapped the space bar. Unless it's an Apple, or one of these: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Space-cadet.jpg the key probably has 'Alt' engraved on it. Now, where's that 'Any Key' I've heard about... Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150810142842.GA7172@alum