From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:40:06 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Meta key does not work in xterm): Add .Xdefaults fragment for xterm X-Git-Tag: emacs-21.1~82 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3f222eb52f040806dd03a2a084d4125e91e62e59;p=emacs.git (Meta key does not work in xterm): Add .Xdefaults fragment for xterm to produce Meta keys. --- diff --git a/man/faq.texi b/man/faq.texi index d9b57f32d82..dc60b6616fc 100644 --- a/man/faq.texi +++ b/man/faq.texi @@ -4912,7 +4912,14 @@ You may have big problems using @code{mwm} as your window manager. 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