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Re: alt->meta->esc status quo



Tor Slettnes wrote:

>     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.

That does not work for me (using woody and X 4.1.0-9). This resource
doesn't seem to exist either (or am I blind ?).


regards, Stefan

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