%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Wing) writes:
gw> Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
gw> :So, I wanted to rebuild and re-install a newer version. I tried 2.6.3,
gw> :2.7.3, and the latest CVS version as of this morning. In none of those
gw> :versions will my META key work anymore. (META is the diamond key next
gw> :to the space on my keyboard). It works in Emacs, and in the old rxvt,
gw> :and in other applications, but not in the newly built rxvt.
gw> META is not usually a known X11 modifier. rxvt tries to probe the
gw> keyboard modifier mappings for your META key though it might be a
gw> bit too enthusiastic about success if you also have ALT key
gw> mappings. If you always map your META key to a specific modifier
gw> (for me, ``xmodmap'' tells me which one, or if you have ``xev''
gw> you can work it out from the ``state'' when you press the META
gw> key) then you can use the option -mod or --modifier (which is also
gw> the Xdefaults resource) to set it.
gw> % rxvt -mod meta
gw> % rxvt -mod mod1
gw> Or put ``Rxvt.modifier: mod1'' in your ~/.Xdefaults (or whatever you
gw> use).
OK, I checked with xkeycaps and the keysym for my Meta key is Meta_L and
the modifier is Mod1. I used the "rxvt -mod mod1" invocation you
suggested and that worked.
However, I still believe this to be a bug in rxvt. Rxvt is the _ONLY_
tool I use which doesn't recognize the META key by default, without any
instruction. Also, it used to work in older versions of rxvt.
It just can't be right that I have to specially configure my META key
like this.
IMO, similar to the backspace/delete key thing, this appears to be a
case of rxvt trying to be too smart for its own good. It should use the
same methods every other tool uses for these things; they may not be
ideal but they are, at least, what everyone expects.
Why is rxvt trying to do so much with this?
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