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On 2/4/06, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:18:56 +0100, Simon Ruderich wrote: |
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> > My problem is now that some characters (like the curly brace) can |
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> > only be typed by using the alt-key. But if I press the alt-key and 8 |
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> > for example then the console changes from this: |
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> > livecd root # |
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> > To this: |
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> > (arg: 8) |
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> > And I don't know what this means. |
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> > Is there anything I can do to get the alt-key working? |
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> This is nothing to do with the iBook hardware, my AMD64 box does it too. |
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> The Alt key works but Alt-n giving (arg: n) appears to be a feature of |
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> bash, although there's no reference to the Alt key in the bash manpage. |
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It is a readline function (see man readline). |
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Try adding to ~/.inputrc: |
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Meta-0: |
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Meta-1: |
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... |
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Meta-9: |
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-Richard |
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