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72 questions linked to/from How do keyboard input and text output work?
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How are keys passed to emacs and gnome terminal?
I want to use Alt+6 to switch to the 6th gnome terminal tab. But when I am in emacs under a terminal tab, the key will be passed to emacs, and not work on terminal.
Is the key first caught by ...
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How are the processes involved when we send a signal using control keys or running `kill`? [closed]
A signal is sent by or from a process to another process.
A bash process is usually run in a terminal emulator process such as gnome terminal.
A bash process in turn runs other processes.
So when ...
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How is ctrl + / working as undo in Zsh 5.7.1 on Debian 10.0?
I have a Debian 10.0 system. It has zsh 5.7.1 (x86_64-debian-linux-gnu). In ZSH prompt, I type
foo bar baz
Then I type alt + backspace two times. The words baz and bar get deleted and only foo ...
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Line editing (readline?) with virtual keys
I want to bind terminal behavior to hotkeys without having to define escape sequences.
I understand readline binds to characters instead of actual key presses. Can it also bind to the lower level ...
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Can emacs running under urxvt recognize the Hyper modifier key?
Can emacs running under urxvt be made to recognize Hyper? From what I can tell, it doesn't distinguish hyper+something from just plain unmodified something. urxvt itself does recognize the modifier, ...
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readline - use of modifiers other than control and meta
I'm trying to use Apple's ⌘ command and ⌥ option keys to map some functions in readline to no avail.
As per the man page I used octal values but that doesn't seem to work
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What is the difference between shell builtins and shell keyboard shortcuts?
What is the difference between shell builtins (like cd or echo) and shell keyboard shortcuts (like ctrl+u or ctrl+l)?
Both seems to me "builtins", what is the major difference by means of system ...
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What part of the Linux system is responsible for the effects of Ctrl+Shift+U?
If you press Ctrl+Shift+U on a Linux based system (not sure about UNIX) in any textbox you get a small underscored u. You can then proceed to enter hexadecimal numbers and confirm them with enter. The ...
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Why does Super-F1 display "::1 localhost"?
Why does pressing Super+F1 cause the terminal to output the following (including "s1") on the following prompt?
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::1 localhost
~ $ s1
Note: The value of $? seems to be preserved, so I ...
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Issue All-In-One Inspiron 2310 Monitor Volume Keys
At the side panel from my all in one monitor, there are 2 keys for raising and lowering volume (see picture).
After installing Ubuntu 16.04.03, both keys working proper but after the first system ...
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Anomalous terminal prompts after switching workspaces (e.g. ;7A)
I'm using Arch Linux and Zsh. I usually keep several workspaces on and switch back-and-forth (using Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down). However, I notice that sometimes when I return to the terminal, it displays the ...
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