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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!hermes.oc.com!news.kei.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: [SYSCONS] Can't the PC keyboard send ctl-space? Date: 26 Aug 1994 16:16:53 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 19 Message-ID: <33l4hl$kv8@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <miff.777811349@apanix.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <miff.777811349@apanix.apana.org.au>, Michael Smith <miff@apanix.apana.org.au> wrote: >As every emacs person knows, you use C-SPACE to set the mark (ie send a >null character), however neither syscons, nor any PC terminal program >I've used respond to this - they just send a space. Nope, emacs doesn't do this be default. Change your .emacs file to map C-SPACE to set the mark. (global-set-key "\e " 'set-mark-command) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.