Davide Marchignoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
>
Hello,
this is an old emacs behavior: The alt should be read as Meta aka the
escape key, so "Esc-d" should delete the word on the console.
However you can set special functions for the xterm keytable using X
resources like:
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
~Shift<Key>F9: set-scrollbar(toggle) \n\
Shift<Key>Left: string(0x1b) string(b) \n\
Shift<Key>Right: string(0x1b) string(f) \n
which sends a "Esc-b" sequence when shift plus left arrow is hit.
See the manpage for further details. Be sure the windowmanager passes
the key events to the application.
Hth -- Peter
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