From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23664 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2006 16:45:31 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Aug 2006 16:45:31 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 89505 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2006 16:45:24 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2006 16:45:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 10082 invoked by alias); 17 Aug 2006 16:45:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10617 Received: (qmail 10072 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2006 16:45:16 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2006 16:45:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 88460 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2006 16:45:16 -0000 Received: from p548505e1.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (HELO localhost) (84.133.5.225) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 17 Aug 2006 16:45:15 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GDkza-0004D1-Dc; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:45:14 +0200 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20060817.184514.75192751.Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> To: pws@csr.com Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: ALT/meta problems From: Meino Christian Cramer In-Reply-To: <20060817170958.fb3ea896.pws@csr.com> References: <20060817.175433.59471589.Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> <20060817170958.fb3ea896.pws@csr.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Peter Stephenson Subject: Re: ALT/meta problems Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:09:58 +0100 Hi Peter ! > Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > > Or I start mrxvt as 'mrxvt -m8' instructing mrxvt to generate single > > byte keyvalue for the meta-keys as exspected by vim. Then keymappings > > in vim of the kind described above do work...but I will loose (for > > example) the very handy feature of zsh: pressing ALT-. to get the last > > argument of the previous command. Zsh exspects - sequences > > for the Meta-keys. > > "bindkey -m" binds the default keys in the other way. Note it doesn't have > a future effect, i.e. anything you define yourself must be defined with > bindkey "\M-..." if you want that effect. Unlike Emacs they're not tied > together, so you need to do bindkey "\e..." as well if you want the > escape version to work. (Hence you don't *need* "bindkey -m" to use > the Meta key if you only want to bind specific sequences of your own.) > > With 4.3.2 use "bindkey -m 2>/dev/null"; bindkey -m gives a warning when > multibyte mode is enabled since it will mess up multibyte input. However, > if you don't care you can suppress the warning. > > There's a supposedly de-obfuscatory sidebar called "THE META KEY" in "From > Bash to Z Shell" on page 78. > > -- > Peter Stephenson Software Engineer > CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road > Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 > > > To access the latest news from CSR copy this link into a web browser: http://www.csr.com/email_sig.php > Thanks a lot for your help ! It works and vim and zsh are friends again. :) Have a nice evening! mcc