Re: Alt key binding of .inputrc not working in new Debian Sarge

On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 09:06:12AM +0200, Volker Jahns wrote:
> I have recently upgraded to Debian Sarge from Woody. Now my "so much loved" Alt key binding from .inputrc won't work anymore in xterm:
> --
> "\M-x": "exit\r"
> --
> Instead an interesting character of a nordic charset is printed. While I like the character, the result is not that much wanted.

Put

XTerm*metaSendsEscape:  true

in your .Xresources file and restart X or reread the file.

Pavel
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