> Pete> Does Alt-backspace work for anyone in an xterm (deleting the previous
> Pete> word on bash input, for example)? This worked fine in Bo and before.
>
> What kind of keyboard do you have? On my 104 key ("windows 95")
> keyboard, the "windows" key produces Meta and the Alt key produces Alt
> when in X. Meta-backspace deletes the previous word in bash in an
> xterm. Alt-backspace just deletes one character. Using an rxvt it is
> the other way around.
I've tried a couple of keyboards; I've got a 104-key W95 keyboard
currently. I get the same behavio[u]r as you, except nothing gets
back-word-delete in bash.
Meta /is defined/, because I can Meta-D to delete a word forward, or
M-F to skip a word forward. It's only Meta-backspace that fails (afaik).
I've fiddled with xkeycaps (I switched the meanings of the 'windows'
key and the 'Alt' key, for example, so Meta is in the 'proper' place),
to no avail.
Outside X, or in Emacs, all works normally.
rxvt does what you describe: It works, but it's reversed (alt acts as
meta and meta is ignored.)
I wonder what the difference between your setup and mine could be...
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Pete Harlan
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