Mercurial > emacs
changeset 39551:4e108e81543a EMACS_21_1_BASE
(Meta key does not work in xterm): Add .Xdefaults fragment for xterm
to produce Meta keys.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 04 Oct 2001 19:40:06 +0000 |
| parents | 60435e699582 |
| children | fa9fb33863fe |
| files | man/faq.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/faq.texi Thu Oct 04 17:15:26 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/faq.texi Thu Oct 04 19:40:06 2001 +0000 @@ -4912,7 +4912,14 @@ For X11: Make sure it really is a @key{Meta} key. Use @code{xev} to find out what keysym your @key{Meta} key generates. It should be either @code{Meta_L} or @code{Meta_R}. If it isn't, use @file{xmodmap} to fix -the situation. +the situation. If @key{Meta} does generate @code{Meta_L} or +@code{Meta_R}, but @kbd{M-x} produces a non-ASCII character, put this in +your @file{~/.Xdefaults} file: + +@example + XTerm*eightBitInput: false + XTerm*eightBitOutput: true +@end example @item Make sure the @code{pty} the @code{xterm} is using is passing 8 bit