Re: Xterm ALT key
>Please excuse my unfamiliarity with the nomenclature of the keyboard. I
>think this is an FAQ, but I haven't grokked the previous threads. I am
>posting to ask why xterm persists in crummy handling of ALT so that bash
>readline is a pain, or at least, not equivalent with bash on a terminal.
>This is the case in jed, for example. On a term, I can type \M-x using the
>ALT key, but in and Xterm it's not so, I have to hit ESC then x. The shell
>readline keys are also not working "right" with ALT.
>
>Rxvt has gone through evolutions over the post two years in handling of ALT.
>These past few months it's been ok, but over the past two years, this
>behavior has come and gone.
>
>What will I have to do to get xterm to "do the right thing"?
To have xterms send ESC+7bit-char instead of 8bit-char, add this to
your ~/.Xresources file:
XTerm*eightBitInput: false
It tells xterm not to accept characters with the 8th (or meta) bit
set, but instead strip that bit and preceede the character with the
ESC character.
Regards,
/Anders
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