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I use GNU Emacs, usually like emacs -nw which launches the terminal version (as opposed to the windowed GUI version).

I write school papers in LaTeX so I use flyspell-mode for spell-checking within emacs. This works fine in the GUI version, but in a terminal, I run into issues with the keystroke C-. (Ctrl-.). In a tty, this does nothing, and in terminator or gnome-terminal, this simply inputs a ".".

What can I do to make it do what it does in the windowed version (show spelling suggestions for a misspelled word)?

EDIT: In case this matters, I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with Emacs 23.3.1 (which I believe is default from the 12.04 repo).

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Same here. Did you try Esc-x flyspell-mode? This works for me. – MMA Feb 18 at 4:55
Well, yes. I always start flyspell-mode with M-x, but ESC x does not seem to make a difference. – ComputerGuy505 Feb 18 at 13:40
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Same here. However I found a default keybinding that works for both versions ESC-TAB. – McNisse Mar 20 at 20:36
Yeah, ESC TAB or M-TAB both work for me. Thanks for the tip @McNisse. – ComputerGuy505 Mar 20 at 23:42

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