[implementations-list] Re: vimpulse - visual select with emacs -nw

Thu Jul 30 02:39:45 CEST 2009

+++ Jason Spiro [Jul 29 09 20:49 ]:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:22 PM, John MacFarlane <jgm at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
> > I tried using -q to suppress loading of .emacs, and just loading
> > the vimpulse stuff manually.  No change.  I tried it with emacs 22.
> > That didn't help.  I even tried it in a console.  No change.
> >
> > But then I noticed something -- visual mode actually *does*
> > work when I move the cursor using hjkl. But when I use the arrow keys,
> > it causes vimpulse to leave visual mode. Visual mode works fine with
> > arrow keys when I run gtk emacs.
> >
> > One more clue:  when this happens, if you check *Messages*, it
> > contains the line:
> > Toggling vimpulse-visual-mode off; better pass an explicit argument.
> > This seems to be caused by the use of arrow keys.
> >
> > Best,
> > John
> 
> Try running these two commands in order to start Emacs:
> 
> export ESCDELAY=1000
> emacs
> 
> Does this solve the problem?  If so, then the arrow keys are sending
> "Esc" then a few more characters (which is fine), and Emacs is
> processing the "Esc" part by itself, then the next part by itself
> (which is bad).
> 
> Do you have debug-on-error on?
> 
> Try M-x view-lossage RET.  Do the arrow keys really send <Up> / <Down>
> / <Left> / <Right>?

The right arrow key sends
ESC O C
in console emacs.

In a windowed emacs, it sends
<right>

So that explains the difference.  However, setting ESCDELAY=1000 did
not fix it. 

> 
> How about the arrow keys on the numeric keypad?

It's a laptop, so no numeric keypad.

John