Does anyone know why Emacs-like keybindings such as Meta-b (back word) and Meta-f (forward word) do not behave correctly in 'xterm', but behave correctly in 'rxvt' and 'gnome-terminal'?
When pressing Meta_L-[b,p] in rxvt or gnome-terminal the Emacs behavior is correct, jumping forwards and backwards a word. When pressing the same in 'xterm' the following characters appear and the behavior isn't present: Meta_L-b 'â ' , Meta_L-f ' æ'. This occurs both on MacOS and Debian Linux 12. I tested both ksh and bash shells. I'm wondering if this is a bug in xterm, the shell or some other layer. Any pointers on how to debug are appreciated. atod
