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Re: emacs 23.1 meta not working in -nw mode
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Teemu Likonen |
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Re: emacs 23.1 meta not working in -nw mode |
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Date: |
Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:06:56 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
On 2009-08-12 16:55 (-0700), Neil Baylis wrote:
> On Aug 12, 4:40 pm, Neil Baylis <neil.bay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm using emacs 23.1.1 on an Ubuntu system. It works fine using the
>> GUI. When I run it as emacs -nw, I find the meta key doesn't work
>> properly. Instead, it self-inserts something.
> More info: it's specific to xterm. If I run it in the gnome-terminal,
> it works OK. In both cases, $TERM is set to xterm-color.
Yes, this is about XTerm and not about Emacs at all. Start XTerm with
option
-xrm "XTerm.*.metaSendsEscape: true"
or put that X resource in your ~/.Xresources file, like this:
XTerm.*.metaSendsEscape: true