Re: Can't use Alt- Commands in xterm

[Thomas Dickey <dickey at his dot com>]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Craig Moore wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I cannot execute commands using the Alt key. For example, whenever I
> press, Alt -. I get a zero instead of the previous command. This is
> also a problem whenever I run emacs inside xterm. Alt-w produces a ÷
> (division symbol) instead of executing a copy region command. Also
> Alt-x doesn't give the extended command mini-buffer, but instead
> produces a ø (strike through o).
>
> I do not expreience this problem whenever I run the Cygwin Bash Shell,
> which I suppose makes sense.
>
> I have read TFM, and it says I need to include the following information:

In man xterm, see "eightBitInput" and "metaSendsEscape".

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