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SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

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Disable switch to another virtual console with Alt-Left/Right

I'm a Fish shell user, and the Alt-Left/Right keys are very useful for me. But in the virtual terminals those shortcuts are captured and cause a switch between the different terminals (like Alt-F1, F2 etc). My question is, how can I disable that Alt-Left/Right behaviour, since Alt-F1, F2... is more than enough for me.

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SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

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Re: Disable switch to another virtual console with Alt-Left/Right

I got one step closer to my goal:

dumpkeys > my_console_keymap.txt
vim my_console_keymap.txt  # deleting the lines with Decr_Console and Incr_Console
loadkeys my_console_keymap.txt

really turns off the switching of consoles, but fish still doesnt get the Alt-Left|Right keys. At least nothing happens, so the situation got better, but I wonder how to pursuade the console to pass on the Alt-Left|Right combo. Any thoughts?

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zʇıɹɟʇıɹʞsuɐs AUR || Cycling in Budapest with a helmet camera || Revised log levels proposal: "FYI" "WTF" and "OMG" (John Barnette)

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Registered: 2010-09-09

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Re: Disable switch to another virtual console with Alt-Left/Right

I got one step closer to my goal:

dumpkeys > my_console_keymap.txt
vim my_console_keymap.txt  # deleting the lines with Decr_Console and Incr_Console
loadkeys my_console_keymap.txt

really turns off the switching of consoles, but fish still doesnt get the Alt-Left|Right keys. At least nothing happens, so the situation got better, but I wonder how to pursuade the console to pass on the Alt-Left|Right combo. Any thoughts?

I have the same problem. I can disable the default shortcut but the combination (Alt+arrows) has no effect at all then and I can't use it with any application. Any ideas?

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 1,954

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Re: Disable switch to another virtual console with Alt-Left/Right

I have the same problem. I can disable the default shortcut but the combination (Alt+arrows) has no effect at all then and I can't use it with any application. Any ideas?

Yeah, annoying isn't it. Sadly I couldn't find the solution so far.

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zʇıɹɟʇıɹʞsuɐs AUR || Cycling in Budapest with a helmet camera || Revised log levels proposal: "FYI" "WTF" and "OMG" (John Barnette)