Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!pyramid!leadsv!laic!nova!darin From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Setting the Mark in emacses Message-ID: <639@laic.UUCP> Date: 29 Jul 89 00:16:17 GMT References: <8907271911.AA18526@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov> Sender: news@laic.UUCP Reply-To: darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) Organization: Lockheed AI Center, Menlo Park Lines: 22 In article <8907271911.AA18526@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov> rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.GOV (Root Boy Jim) writes: >? From: Dion Hollenbeck > >? > Am I crazy, or is there a conspiracy? I want control-space! > >There is no such defined character as control space. The proper way to >generate ^@ is control-@. However, some terminal manufacturers' >keybaords (notably DEC and SUN) will transmit ^@ when that particular >sequence is typed. I would think that any workstation/pc/whatever that records keystrokes as 'char + modifiers' would be able to detect C-SPC. This probably excludes most terminals, since keys are converted to ASCII before the computer sees them. Of course, if Emacs reads the ascii codes after translation, it may be difficult. The micro-style-emacs I use (mg2a on Amiga) can pick pick up a control or meta modifier on any key (including the mouse). In fact, with a minor hack, I could have it tell the diff between left and right shift|alt|Amiga-key, but this probably wouldn't be useful to many people (except LispM user's). I would think that many other computers would have similar facilities. Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com) We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.