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Bug#638694: marked as done (xterm: alt-<arrow> == <arrow>)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #638694,
regarding xterm: alt-<arrow> == <arrow>
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--- Begin Message ---
Subject: xterm: alt-<arrow> == <arrow>
Package: xterm
Version: 271-1
Severity: normal

Alt key works perfectly as a modifier with any key except for the arrow keys (left, right, up, down).
With arrow keys, alt-<arrow> produces the same codes as <arrow> alone, as shown by ctrl-v alt-<arrow>.

After adding the grp:alts_toggle xkb option, only the left alt key behaves correctly, but the right alt key then becomes ISO_Level3_Shift, as reported by xev.
xmodmap shows ISO_Level3_Shift to be Mod5. Moving ISO_Level3_Shift from Mod5 to Mod1 breaks alt-<arrow> again.

Only grp:alts_toggle can fix alt-<arrow>, and then it mutates alt_r into ISO_Level3_Shift. Other toggle options have no effect on this issue. Note also that alts_toggle and ctrls_toggle don't actually do any toggling. I tried menu_toggle and shifts_toggle and they do toggle.

I am not sure if this is xterm's fault, but gnome-terminal does not have this problem.

$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us,ar

-> alt-<arrow> == <arrow>

$ setxkbmap -option grp:alts_toggle
$ setxkbmap -query
rules:      evdev
model:      pc105
layout:     us,ar
options:    grp:alts_toggle

-> alt_L-<arrow> Works
-> alt_R-<any> == <any>
-> alt_R is ISO_Level3_Shift

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_CA.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.13-10    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-3    generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.7-2  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5                   5.9-1      shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libutempter0                  1.1.5-4    A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.4-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                       2:1.0.9-2  X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxft2                       2.2.0-3    FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                       2:1.1.0-2  X11 miscellaneous utility library

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
                            Patch #287 - 2012/11/25

     * remove   special   case  of  modifiers  for  the  Mode_switch  and
       XK_ISO_Level3_Shift   from  [345]patch  #223.  Verified  that  the
       conflict  which  this  was intended to resolve does not happen for
       normal  compose-  or  modeswitch-handling  (prompted  by  patch by
       Balazs Kezes, Debian #638694).

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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