From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14108 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2005 09:39:43 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) 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=3.1.0 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 16 Dec 2005 09:39:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 26277 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2005 09:39:36 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Dec 2005 09:39:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 8319 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2005 09:39:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 22088 Received: (qmail 8308 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2005 09:39:32 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Dec 2005 09:39:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 25937 invoked from network); 16 Dec 2005 09:39:32 -0000 Received: from lorien.emufarm.org (HELO lorien.comfychair.org) (64.81.48.166) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Dec 2005 09:39:31 -0000 Received: from lorien.comfychair.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorien.comfychair.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBG9dnkD011070; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:39:49 -0800 Received: (from duvall@localhost) by lorien.comfychair.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jBG9dn3g011069; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:39:49 -0800 Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:39:49 -0800 From: Danek Duvall To: Peter Stephenson Cc: Zsh hackers list Subject: Re: PATCH: multibyte FAQ Message-ID: <20051216093949.GC21510@lorien.comfychair.org> Mail-Followup-To: Danek Duvall , Peter Stephenson , Zsh hackers list References: <20051214192539.GE3640@lorien.comfychair.org> <200512142109.jBEL9S5v003595@pwslaptop.csr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200512142109.jBEL9S5v003595@pwslaptop.csr.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r535 (Linux) On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:09:28PM +0000, Peter Stephenson wrote: > The disadvantage is that you can't input multibyte characters via the > keyboard if they begin with the same meta sequence unless you bind the > more specific sequence starting with that byte Is there a simple way to find out which meta sequence block which multibyte characters for people who aren't too familiar with UTF-8 encoding? It might also be worth mentioning that, depending on your terminal emulator, you might be able to sidestep the problem entirely. In xterm at least, you can control whether the meta key sets the eighth bit or sends an escape character, depending on the values of the eightBitInput and metaSendsEscape resources. Other terminals may have similar setups. There may still be a certain set of people who won't get exactly what they want, but it's probably pretty small. Anyway, thanks for the explanation! Danek