Meta key and xterm

[Davide Marchignoli]

Hi,

I am using the frozen distribution and I find quite annoying the fact that
xterm (and rxvt also) ignores the meta key. For instance, when running
bash under console, <Alt>-d deletes the word in front of the cursor,
whereas under xterm <Alt>-d simply echos d.

Some suggestion?

Thanks,
                        Davide Marchignoli