Just as a follow-up... If I put back my original /etc/X11/Xmodmap file (which has settings to make keyboards with the "Windows" keys work), then emacs recognizes the Alt keys (emacs wants the Meta keysym). Tcsh still doesn't recognize it properly, though... Alt-Backspace prints a garbage character instead of deleting the word.
Here is my Xmodmap... keycode 0x73 = Super_L keycode 0x40 = Alt_L Meta_L keycode 0x71 = Alt_R Meta_R keycode 0x74 = Super_R keycode 0x75 = Menu Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friends are relatives that you make for yourself.