pair programming with tmux spacemacs on Mac/Linux

[Sonny To]

This is not clojure specific but has anyone successfully used spacemacs to pair programming with tmux and spacemacs? My pairing partner uses a mac with french Canadian keyboard but when he ssh into my box

to pair, his key bindings don't work even though I used his init.el The meta key and paredit keybidings don't work for him.

The keybinding works for me but I'm on Linux with a standard US keyboard. Appreciate any help!

Below is ~/.emacs.d/init.el and ~/.tmux.conf

---init.el---

(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000)

(global-set-key (kbd "<esc>") 'meta)

;;(set-keyboard-coding-system nil)

(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)

(setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)

;;(setq mac-command-key-is-meta t)

(setq mac-option-modifier  'none)

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.cljs\\.hl\\'" . clojurescript-mode))

(add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook

          '(lambda ()

             ;; Hoplon functions and macros

             (dolist (pair '((page . 'defun)

                             (loop-tpl . 'defun)

                             (if-tpl . '1)

                             (for-tpl . '1)

                             (case-tpl . '1)

                             (cond-tpl . 'defun)))

               (put-clojure-indent (car pair)

                                   (car (last pair))))))

(defconst spacemacs-version         "0.200.13" "Spacemacs version.")

(defconst spacemacs-emacs-min-version   "24.4" "Minimal version of Emacs.")

(if (not (version<= spacemacs-emacs-min-version emacs-version))

    (error (concat "Your version of Emacs (%s) is too old. "

                   "Spacemacs requires Emacs version %s or above.")

           emacs-version spacemacs-emacs-min-version)

  (load-file (concat (file-name-directory load-file-name)

                     "core/core-load-paths.el"))

  (require 'core-spacemacs)

  (spacemacs/init)

  (configuration-layer/sync)

  (spacemacs-buffer/display-startup-note)

  (spacemacs/setup-startup-hook)

  ;; BEGIN exec-path-from-shell

  (use-package exec-path-from-shell

  :ensure t

  :if (memq window-system '(mac ns x))

  :config

  (setq exec-path-from-shell-variables '("PATH" "SOLR_HOME"))

  (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))

  ;; END exec-path-from-shell

  (require 'server)

  (unless (server-running-p) (server-start)))

-----end init.el----

--.tmux.conf---

set -g prefix C-z

unbind-key C-b

bind-key C-z send-prefix

set-option -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"

set-window-option -g xterm-keys on

--end .tmux.conf---

[Eli Naeher]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Sonny To wrote:

This is not clojure specific but has anyone successfully used spacemacs to pair programming with tmux and spacemacs? My pairing partner uses a mac with french Canadian keyboard but when he ssh into my box

to pair, his key bindings don't work even though I used his init.el The meta key and paredit keybidings don't work for him.

The keybinding works for me but I'm on Linux with a standard US keyboard. Appreciate any help!

When he runs Emacs locally, does he run it in a terminal or in GUI mode? If he is not in the habit of using Emacs from the terminal, it's likely his terminal emulator settings that are the culprit.

On a Mac he's likely using iterm2. The most common fix in that context for meta key issues is to go to iTerm2 -> Preferences -> Profiles -> Keys and set "Left Option Key" and "Right Option Key" both to "Esc+" (_not_ "Meta").

The C-<right> and C-<left> Paredit keybindings conflict with the default Mac Mission Control shortcuts. I have disabled these on my Mac in order to get Paredit working reliably in Emacs in a terminal. You can do this by going to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Mission Control and unchecking "Move left a space" and "Move right a space."

-Eli