Quoting Eike Lantzsch (zp6...@gmx.net): > On Thursday 03 September 2015 15:09:12 Curt wrote: > > On 2015-09-02, Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote: > > > For me, Ctrl-AltGr-) gives ^] as expected, both with XTerm and the > > > Linux console. > > > > Me too. > Not me > The Ctrl-AltGr level is not populated in my keyboard map. > Intl-keyboard with German layout and dead keys.
If you want to find out where ^] has gone to on the console, you can type: dumpkeys -f | grep -i control_bracketright The (very long) lines that match will start with: keycode <N> = <X> ... where N is the number of the key if you wish to redefine it or add to its definition, and X is the unshifted key which will normally correspond to the engraving on that key. > Switching to US-layout results in > Ctrl-AltGr-] 9 > Ctrl-AltGr-[ BACKSPACE, not 8 > Ctrl-AltGr-= 0 > This is the same as using the Ctrl-key without the additional AltGr. > > Latinamerican layout on the same keyboard has the same result (nil) as the > German layout. What are you using as a prefix for these keystrokes? > Go figure ... > > Interesting things which I discovered with the trials: > Typing Ctrl-- reduces the console fontsize in konsole (KDE) and typing Ctrl-+ > magnifies the console fontsize. > It is the same no matter if using German layout or US layout. Fair enough. I see the same effect in iceweasel; very useful, but not much to do with escaping from machinectl. Cheers, David.