On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Jonathan Underwood wrote: > Satish Balay wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, J.Underwood wrote: > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I'm experiencing a bizarre key binding issue with xterm as shipped with > > > FC3: > > > > > > a) If I open an xterm and inside it start emacs -nw -q inside it, then > > > Alt-x simply prints a greek phi symbol. > > > b) If i start an xterm and then ssh in to a remote FC3 box (from a > > > localFC3 box), and then emacs -nw -q I see the same thing with Alt-x as > > > above, and also the "old" problem with backspace giving out C-h instead of > > > Del. > > > > > > None of these problems occur inside a gnome terminal. Just for kicks, I > > > confirmed the same thing happens running xfce4 (as shipped). > > > > > > I remain perpetually confused as to where the problem comes with > > > keybindings, and where I should be fixing it, so all help greatfully > > > received. > > > > > > Reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=135505 > > > > Satish > > > > Ah, yes. It seems the problem is with xterm, and not emacs, at least as far as > the Alt key is concerned. The following fixed it for me (posting here just in > case others googling for this problem come accross this thread) > > a) Add "XTerm*eightBitInput: false" to .Xresources in $HOME > b) run xrdb .Xresources > > Now it all works. Oddly even though that's my only line in .Xresources, > running xrdb also changed xterms from appearing in a with a grey bacground. > > Note that you'll have to do this each time you log in, as .Xresources doesn't > seem to be loaded normally. could you add this info to the above bugzilla? thanks, Satish
