Re: [Nano-devel] Re: alt keys not working as meta for me

[John M. Gabriele]

> John M. Gabriele wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>  > I've been using xterm, and this seems to be partially
>  > related. If I use aterm, both alt keys work as advertised.
> 
> Sorry for the delay in answering; I've been busy.  Does adding
> 
> XTerm*eightBitInput: False
> 
> to your .Xdefaults file fix the problem under xterm?
> 

Yesterday I added:

xterm*metaSendsEscape: true

to my ~/.Xresources and now everything works except using
Alt-Space to move backward-by-word.

Will try your suggestion momentarily...