Bug#326200: xterm: please set eightBitInput: false by default so Alt is usable as such

To: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Cc: 326200@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#326200: xterm: please set eightBitInput: false by default so Alt is usable as such
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:52:29 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 20101103045229.GA10439@burratino>
Reply-to: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, 326200@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <1125658799.0@drom>
References: <1125658799.0@drom>

Hi,

Reuben Thomas wrote:

> Please set eightBitInput: false by default so that, as in konsole and
> gnome-terminal, Alt+letter combinations work in, for example, bash,
> out of the box.

Could you give a pointer or elaborate on the ramifications (perhaps an
example)?  Mostly I am curious.

Probably in response to your request, at some point between xterm 204
and 208 it learned an alt-sends-esc menu item to toggle this at will.

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