Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Severity: minor Tags: upstream Note to self/XSF: set submitter to "Aaron M. Ucko" <ucko@debian.org> when the BTS acks this report. ----- Forwarded message from "Aaron M. Ucko" <ucko@debian.org> ----- From: "Aaron M. Ucko" <ucko@debian.org> To: debian-x@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Still having lots of trouble with Alt/Meta keys Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:46:53 -0400 Message-ID: <udl8yb43kaa.fsf@multics.mit.edu> X-Mailing-List: <debian-x@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/21960 Mail-Followup-To: debian-x@lists.debian.org Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.1 (usg-unix-v) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=4.0 tests=AWL,LDOSUBSCRIBER autolearn=no version=2.63-lists.debian.org_2004_08_17_01 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> writes: > All I want is for my Windows keys to send Meta, and xterm to treat that like > Escape. This requires XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true. [For some reason, I have > to start an xterm, run xrdb in it, and start a new xterm for this to take > effect. I can't run it from a VT with $DISPLAY set; it just switches to the > X server instead of merging resources. Huh.] Try running xrdb with the -retain option: -retain This option indicates that the server should be instructed not to reset if xrdb is the first client. This never be necessary (sic.) under normal conditions, since xdm and xinit always act as the first client. -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org) Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- G. Branden Robinson | Quantum materiae materietur marmota Debian GNU/Linux | monax si marmota monax materiam branden@debian.org | possit materiari? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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