On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 03:27:11AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Upgrading to xterm 4.3.0 caused the (often used) alt-. to send the wrong > > > signal > > > to zsh (4.0.4 and later) in viins mode. Alt-. is used in zsh to insert > > > the > > > last argument of the previous cmd line. > > > > > > The behaviour is as expected in emacs-mode. More importantly it is as > > > expected > > > in viins mode in any other shell or the console. Downgrading to 4.0.4 > > > `fixed' > > > the problem. > > > > That's one bug report (but it's actually against the X libraries). > > Any idea which one? Xlib, I guess? Can you elaborate a bit on what you > think is wrong?
ugh - I should write this one down. Lacking more specific information, it sounds as if he's running into the one that was confusing meta and alt. googling for "Debian" and "metaSendsEscape", I see for instance #260232, #215034. (I don't know how far along your resolution of it is - thought the number of new reports had gone down). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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