Problem remapping left direction key

[JesusFreke]

I'm trying to create a slightly weird keymap, where I'm using alt + aoeu for direction keys. i.e. alt+a=south, alt+o=west, alt+e=east and alt+u=north.

This works well, except that alt+o doesn't move the "cursor" when in targeting mode (*). The other 3 primary directions work fine. I can't figure out why the left direction doesn't work.

I'm doing something similar for the diagonal directions, and similarly, southwest works fine in targeting mode, but the other 3 diagonals don't work (wth?)

Just to be clear, everything's working fine for movement, just not for targeting.

Here are my keymaps:

# Walking
A:;1
C:0:{A}j

A:;2
C:0:{A}a

A:;3
C:0:{A}p

A:;4
C:0:{A}o

A:;6
C:0:{A}e

A:;7
C:0:{A}.

A:;8
C:0:{A}u

A:;9
C:0:{A}q

# Running

A:.1
C:0:{A}J

A:.2
C:0:{A}A

A:.3
C:0:{A}P

A:.4
C:0:{A}O

A:.6
C:0:{A}E

A:.7
C:0:{A}>

A:.8
C:0:{A}U

A:.9
C:0:{A}Q


# Tunneling

A:+1
C:0:{A}^J

A:+2
C:0:{A}^A

A:+3
C:0:{A}^P

A:+4
C:0:{A}^O

A:+6
C:0:{A}^E

A:+7
C:0:{^A}>

A:+8
C:0:{A}^U

A:+9
C:0:{A}^Q

[JesusFreke]

Forgot to mention, this is on Angband 3.5, on a linux system.

[takkaria]

Originally Posted by JesusFreke

Forgot to mention, this is on Angband 3.5, on a linux system.

Which linux system and what frontend are you running? And what frontend are you using - are you using a terminal emulator, SDL or X (SDL displays everything in one big window with a muddy-yellow panel across the top of the screen)?

[JesusFreke]

Ubuntu precise, with the sdl frontend.

[JesusFreke]

I just confirmed the same problem occurs with the x11 frontend. With the curses frontend, none of alt+aoeu seem to work. I'm guessing since the terminal window probably gets/handles the alt keypress itself. I don't really see that as a problem, just a limitation of that specific front-end.