This is could be a window manager problem. Some window managers grab the
CTRL-Left/Right or ALT-Left/Right key combinations which means your
applications (including xterms) never receive the signal. You can usually
configure them not to grab the key strokes by changing the config files.
Twm derivatives such as fvwm and fvwm2(/95) are notorious for this behviour.
For these window managers the config entries are near the end of the ~/.fvwm*rc
file.
I use fvwm so I don't know how to change the behaviour in other window
managers.
Rich
>Dear list(en)ers!
>may be I am somewhat old-fashioned, but anyway, I like to use Joe (version 2.8
>)
>either with X11 or on the console. I would like to have Joe go one word to
>the right when hitting Strg-Right and one word to the left when hitting
>Strg-Left. I was able to make that work with the Console by assigning the
>apropriate return key-values to the Right or Left key, when Strg is pressed.
>However, I cannot find out how to do this under X11. I used to work with SCO
>ODT where you had termcap sequences WL and WR for word left and word right,
>respectively. But this does not exist on the gnu-version of termcap. xmodmap a
>s
>well didn't work the way I would have appreciated it to. Is there anybody in
>the wide world of the gnus who knows who knows who knows? Maybe this is not to
>o
>important for the world, but I would really like to understand what is going
>on. Many many thanks in advance,
>best regards,
>
>
>Dieter Jurzitza
