X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FH_DATE_PAST_20XX,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Spam-Score: -0.928 Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:05:01 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Dickey To: cygwin-xfree AT cygwin DOT com cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Alt key not recognized as Meta in xterm In-Reply-To: <416096c61001010855v777fa848kaa4529d0c9c10402@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20100101120414.S91346@mail101.his.com> References: <3fcf00670912291605t21702c70s95471152221ec091 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <416096c61001010855v777fa848kaa4529d0c9c10402 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1554769353-1262365501=:91346" Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com --0-1554769353-1262365501=:91346 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Andy Koppe wrote: >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0XTerm*vt100.metaSendsEscape: true > > Actually that's not a hack, but the correct solution. I think this > needs to be part of the default config in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm. However, the reason that it's not is because there's no standard for the meta key assignment. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --0-1554769353-1262365501=:91346 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple --0-1554769353-1262365501=:91346--