Only xterm does key combinations properly
I've been installing some vim plugins lately, and I've noticed that whenever I try to do Control+Foo or Alt+Bar I never get it to work.
According to some users in #vim on FreeNode this has to do with how vim handles input, but one of them mentioned something about xterm working better than my current terminal emulator, gnome-terminal.
So I fired up xterm, and indeed the plugins that previously didn't work due to their keybindings being stuff like Alt+1 started working.
The main reasons for which I currently choose gnome-terminal over xterm are zooming in/out, terminal transparency and link opening.
I've heard that urxvt does most of these things, but it has got the same problem with key combinations, so there is no real reason at the moment for me to switch.
My questions are the following:
Why does xterm manage to understand mentioned commands but not any other terminal I've tried?
Are there any terminals that people know will support key combinations as well as xterm?
If so, is there any terminal that does the three things I like in gnome-terminal?
That might work, but I would need some way to get hold of what I should I write to represent the key combinations.
I've tried showkey but I only get "Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console".
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Re: Using Alt-Key combinations
Unfortunately this happens not only with Alt-Key combinations. It also
happens with the ordinary F10 key: Windows activates the menu and then
Forte gets the FKey event. The problem is that now the user has to press
ESC to deactivate the menu and continue normal processing. There is no
known cure yet...
Tony Elmore wrote:
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We are attempting to use Alt-Key combinations for a shortcut key combination
for push buttons using the SetAsFunctionKey method and FunctionKeyPress
event. When we press the Alt-Key combination, it appears that Windows is
trying to find a menu item with that shortcut combination or a button with
that combination. Since Windows can not find the proper element with that
combination, it beeps at us. At that point, Forte picks up the key
combination and will post the FunctionKeyPress event.
The application will work fine, but the beep is not only annoying, but also
is misleading for those individuals using accessibility tools like screen
readers who rely upon audible queues for detecting errors in keyboarding.
Has anyone found any viable solutions to this problem?--
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Searchable thread archive <URL:http://pinehurst.sageit.com/listarchive/>petelewis wrote:
Mr.Elendig wrote:it returns ^[a as it should.
Ah ha - okay. So you're using escapes too, rather than meta8 (this is the default, so makes sense). Yeah, I got it working doing that, but had to adapt my .vimrc to get it to acknowledge the ^[ as "alt". Didn't you, or did a simple map of e.g. <A-a> suffice?
Are you running it in screen/tmux btw? and what is your TERM set to?
Yeah, I thought that too and though I do run it in tmux usually, I've been testing it both with and without (TERM is set to screen-256color BTW) and it made no difference. Still, unless I specifically map the ^[ to alt in vim, it doesn't work. With meta8 it works so long as the locale is not UTF-8.
Guess I've got a workaround for now, but it would be nice if meta8 and utf-8 worked nicely together.
Thanks.
Could you please show how your vimrc looks like? I have the same problem and I'm interested in your workaround. -
Mac Network does not work properly, can't safe, access only in safemode
Hi guys
I just got a nice IMac 27" and really like it.
Now I set up a network to move files back and forth with my Macbook Pro.
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None of this really resolves the issue with how the iTunes databases are becoming corrupted on the apple devices though, so it is very likely to happen again until they fix it. I have been unable to determine if there were any specific actions or conditions which caused the corruption to happen in the first place.
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W8: Key combination Fn + F6 does not work
Hello,
I am little bit frustrated with W8 on my T430s. The issue (not the first) is that when I use key combination Fn+F6 it tells me this:
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I am sure that Lenovo Settings Dependency package is installed in the latest version but key combination still do not work.
Thank you for your advices.
PetrHey there petr_drda,
With your T430s did you upgrade to Windows 8 or what it shipped with Windows 8 OEM?
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Control-Up/Down-Arrow key combination does not work anymore
Hello,
I have a problem that occurred in the last week, not sure if it happens due to 2 security updates that came in via Mac OS X software update. I am unable to assign Control-Up-Arrow or Control-Down-Arrow anywhere in applications! Right and left arrows are working fine.
Examples:
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Message was edited by: Sven Thoennissen
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http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU
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Change the font color of a text field in a table by key-combination
I want to change the font color of a text field in a table (single cell only) on pressing a key combination. Does anybody know how to do this.
I have a lot of data in a table. During an evaluation of the data in a meeting I want to change the color of the text depending on the result of the meeting. (for example: High risk = CTRL+R makes the text red).
I know how to change the color using a button, but I do not want to add a button after each cell. For this reason I would like to do it on a key combination that alway refers to the active cell.
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Regards
Bruce
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