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From: segre@baal.cs.cornell.edu (Alberto M. Segre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Help with keys on T1000SE
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Date: 6 Jun 90 23:56:04 GMT
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I have a Toshiba T1000SE I use predominantly as a remote terminal at
home and for some text editing when I travel.  Being new to the PC
world, there are a few things I don't understand.  I hope someone out
there can help.

1) I use MSKERMIT version 2.31 to emulate a VT102 terminal when
connecting to assorted UNIX boxes at work.  I would like to use the ALT
key on the keyboard as a META key in GNUEmacs, but don't know how to get
the VT102 emulator to act appropriately.  Surely someone out there has
done this?

2) In a similar vein, I would very much like to have Ctrl-space not
simply send a space; trying the MSKERMIT SHOW KEY command on Ctrl-space
and space reveals no difference between the two keys.  How do I change
this?

I originally suspected this was a problem getting the VT102 terminal
emulator from MSKERMIT to send the proper key sequences, but now I've
noted the same problem differentiating Ctrl-space and space when running
a small public-domain emacs (Freemacs from grape.ecs.clarkson.edu)
locally on the PC.  I'm using the standard keyboard driver; would I have
better luck with ANSI.SYS? Any suggestions?

-alberto

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Alberto Segre    [segre@cs.cornell.edu]
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Department of Computer Science
Upson Hall
Ithaca, NY  14853-7501

Tel (607) 255-9196
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