Edit ${HOME}/XTerm and add the following lines:
*vt100.altIsNotMeta: true
*vt100.altSendsEscape: trueThen start a new xterm. Troy On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 17:31 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > First let me say, that I've posted about this problem on both the > emacs.help: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/93417 > > and debian list: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/462017 > > but so far, although there was helpful input, I haven't yet figured > out what is wrong here. > > My setup: > Keyboard is 104 key english... A cheapo Logitech k120 new. > Older PC (intel P4) > Running Debian (testing) > LXDE desktop in xorg > Keyboard Newish 104 key cheapo Logiteck K120 > > Briefly put: On my keyboard I see, what is to me, unusual behavior > when I press what is labeled as ALT on the left or right of space bar, > followed by just about any other letter while in an xterm. In my case > it is the real "Thomas Dickey" xterm, not one of the pretenders. > > Example is Alt+x: `ø' > Alt+=: `½' > > so I'm getting what one might expect from an alt_gr key. > > It means that all my custom ~/.inputrc function or insertions etc are > useless since I've used `ALT + somekey' for most... I might be able to > rewrite them I guess, but it also means that use of emacs -nw in an > xterm is a pain in the butt too. > > So what can be causing this? > > On debian (maybe other distos) we have /etc/default/keyboard, that is > supposed to control this kind of stuff. > > I've tried a few different settings there: > > with Alt not set to anything special like alt_gr or compse; And with > right Alt set to alt_gr. > > I've seen absolutely no difference, no matter which I set. > > I left it on the last one mentioned above so the settings currently in > /etc/default/keyboard look like: > > ,---- > | grep '^[^#]' /etc/default/keyboard > | > | XKBMODEL="pc104" > | XKBLAYOUT="us" > | XKBVARIANT="" > | XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_alt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > | BACKSPACE="guess" > `---- > > I'm not sure what all might help to debug this but a few more pieces > of info are included below: > > xev shows this gpt right and left alt respectively: > > ,---- > | > | Right ALT > | > | KeyPress event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001, > | root 0x131, subw 0x2400002, time 18339999, (40,43), root:(76,472), > | state 0x0, keycode 108 (keysym 0xffea, Alt_R), same_screen YES, > | XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > | XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: > | XFilterEvent returns: False > | > | Left ALT > | > | KeyPress event, serial 46, synthetic NO, window 0x2400001, > | root 0x131, subw 0x2400002, time 18340703, (40,43), root:(76,472), > | state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES, > | XLookupString gives 0 bytes: > | XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: > | XFilterEvent returns: False > `---- > > I have tried this in .Xresources: > ,---- > | XTerm*metaSendsEscape:true > `---- > > Commands such as these: > (wrapped for mail) > > ,---- > | setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -option compose:rctrl -option > | terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > | > | setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout us -variant altgr-intl -option > | compose:rctrl -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > `---- > > None of this appears to have any effect whatever. > > How can I debug this? > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: t...@tksoft.com _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
