Hi

Are xterm(1) eightBitInput and eightBitControl turned off?


On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 07:16:01PM -0400, Paul Pereira wrote:
> I am unable to isolate a problem with the meta key.  When running mg
> within a console M-x theo behaves correctly, but within cwm/xterm it
> produces ttttttttheo.  Similarly, M-q in the console will fill a
> paragraph, but within cwm it will capitalize the letter under point.
> Other meta key combinations are similarly broken.
> 
> What I have tried:
> 1. Explicitly unbinding M-q from cwm, even though it should not be bound:
>     bind M-q unmap   (in cwmrc)
> 2. Switching the Alt_L key to a proper Meta_L key and verifying its
> operation with xev.
>     keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L (with xmodmap)
> 
> A few notes about my setup:
> - I use a custom X keyboard layout (Colemak), but according to xev
> this keyboard layout is fine.
> - I have the same problem on an X60 Tablet, an Asus 1001p Eee PC, and
> an Intel NUC.
> 
> I cannot quite isolate the problem, so any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Paul Pereira

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