Re: alt->meta->esc status quo

[Tor Slettnes <tor@slett.net>]

>>>>> "Charl" == Charl P Botha <c.p.botha@its.tudelft.nl> writes:

    Charl> Dear Debian-Xers, At the moment, I need to set the X
    Charl> resource xterm*metaSendsEscape to true and to do xmodmap -e
    Charl> "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" to get Alt+key combinations
    Charl> to work in an xterm, e.g. on the command-line (e.g. alt-f
    Charl> and alt-b for skipping words forwards and backwards) or in
    Charl> programs like JED.

    Charl> Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it's supposed to
    Charl> be?  I've checked the xterm FAQ as well as the
    Charl> xserver-common FAQ and some of the old BTS reports, but
    Charl> couldn't find closure on this matter.  Any clarification
    Charl> would be most welcome, as this matter comes up every so
    Charl> often.


Use the resources 'XTerm*modifier: meta', or 'XTerm*modifier: alt', as
you see fit.

-tor

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