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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
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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

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