Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with alt-key on Apple iBook

2006-02-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 18:35:29 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > > The Alt key works but Alt-n giving (arg: n) appears to be a feature of > > bash, although there's no reference to the Alt key in the bash > > manpage. > > It is a readline function (see man readline). OK, thanks. -- Neil Bothwick Wha

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with alt-key on Apple iBook

2006-02-04 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 02:44:54PM +, Penguin Lover Neil Bothwick squawked: > This is nothing to do with the iBook hardware, my AMD64 box does it too. > The Alt key works but Alt-n giving (arg: n) appears to be a feature of > bash, although there's no reference to the Alt key in the bash manpag

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with alt-key on Apple iBook

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/4/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:18:56 +0100, Simon Ruderich wrote: > > > My problem is now that some characters (like the curly brace) can > > only be typed by using the alt-key. But if I press the alt-key and 8 > > for example then the console changes fr

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with alt-key on Apple iBook

2006-02-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:18:56 +0100, Simon Ruderich wrote: > My problem is now that some characters (like the curly brace) can > only be typed by using the alt-key. But if I press the alt-key and 8 > for example then the console changes from this: > livecd root # > To this: > (arg: 8) > And I do

[gentoo-user] Problem with alt-key on Apple iBook

2006-02-04 Thread Simon Ruderich
Hi, I'm trying to install gentoo on my Apple iBook G4. I loaded the correct keymap for my keyboard with "loadkeys de-latin1". Most of the keys are working correctly. My problem is now that some characters (like the curly brace) can only be typed by using the alt-key. But if I press the alt-