Beerse, Corni wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Don Garrett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> I don't understand why I'm having this problem, but maybe >>someone else does... >> >> I'm running a RedHat 7.2 machine with the RPM >>vnc-server-3.3.3r2-18.4 from >>Redhat installed. I'm using the standard windows client >>version 3.3.3 R3 on >>Windows XP. >> >> When I run emacs on the linux machine, the Alt key doesn't >>work for escape >>sequences. Alt-b is ignored. Explicitly hitting escape b >>jumps back a word >>(just as expected). > > > I have similar problems with W2K viewer to Linux or HP-UX servers. Specially > the alt and ctrl key actions don't arive timely on the unix side. I think > there are just to much parties that like to handle these keys: first it is > the firmware on your desktop, then the os on you desktop. If they let the > key's pass, only then it is in the control of vncviewer. The M$Windows based > viewer has special options to simulate ctrl and alt actions to overcome > these problems.
I have seen this problem on a different laptop running Windows 2000, but I don't remember seeing it on the laptop before that with Windows 98 (didn't use VNC much then). Perhaps it's a difference between NT and 98? How hard would it be it add an option to transmit Alt-Key as an Escape then Key sequence? I have used that with terminal emulators in the past to fix problems. I haven't looking into the VNC code, and I'm not sure if I'm setup to build it or not. If I am, and I have time (pretty big if), I might try to produce a tweaked version and see what it does. > Might move to replace emacs with nedit (http://www.nedit.org) also > avialiable with redhat ;-) It is (as editor) just as powerfull as emacs but > it is only an editor, not a mailtool, not a newsreader, not an ide, not > a...... But I LIKE being able to watch the towers on hanoi any time I like! ;> It would be hard for me to switch. Not least because I've been using emacs over 10 years, but because I'm using a lot of the extentions to help adjust to local coding conventions, different version control systems, etc. > CBee > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list -- Don Garrett http://www.bgb.cc/garrett/ BGB Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
