>Please excuse my unfamiliarity with the nomenclature of the keyboard. I >think this is an FAQ, but I haven't grokked the previous threads. I am >posting to ask why xterm persists in crummy handling of ALT so that bash >readline is a pain, or at least, not equivalent with bash on a terminal. >This is the case in jed, for example. On a term, I can type \M-x using the >ALT key, but in and Xterm it's not so, I have to hit ESC then x. The shell >readline keys are also not working "right" with ALT. > >Rxvt has gone through evolutions over the post two years in handling of ALT. >These past few months it's been ok, but over the past two years, this >behavior has come and gone. > >What will I have to do to get xterm to "do the right thing"?
To have xterms send ESC+7bit-char instead of 8bit-char, add this to your ~/.Xresources file: XTerm*eightBitInput: false It tells xterm not to accept characters with the 8th (or meta) bit set, but instead strip that bit and preceede the character with the ESC character. Regards, /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | Mud at Kingdoms | [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetGuide Scandinavia | telnet kingdoms.se 1812 | Fax: +46 31 50 79 39 http://www.netg.se | | Tel: +46 31 50 79 40 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
