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GaMMa
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 Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:17 am Post subject: Xterm: metaSendsEscape no longer working! |
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I've been using gnome-terminal for a while, and I decided to switch back to Xterm mostly because it uses less resources and does what I need it to do. I'm using irssi for irc and generally I can hit ALT+keyname to switch between the open virtual windows in the program, but now ALT+key just displays a number, which means metaSendsEscape isn't working. I've got the line 'xterm*metaSendsEscape: true' in my .Xdefaults. Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
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ThomasAdam
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Xterm: metaSendsEscape no longer working! |
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| GaMMa wrote: | | I've been using gnome-terminal for a while, and I decided to switch back to Xterm mostly because it uses less resources and does what I need it to do. I'm using irssi for irc and generally I can hit ALT+keyname to switch between the open virtual windows in the program, but now ALT+key just displays a number, which means metaSendsEscape isn't working. I've got the line 'xterm*metaSendsEscape: true' in my .Xdefaults. Anyone else experiencing similar issues? |
Did you run:
| Code: | | xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults |
Assuming you have not yet restarted Xorg?
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GaMMa
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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I've restarted xorg many times and for some reason I don't have xrdb on my system (using the minimal USE flag). Logging in and out has the same effect as xrdb anyway, my xterm colors update and what not. metaSendsEscape does work in gnome-terminal.
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Xipher
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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I have been looking for this answer for quiet some time, and I think I just found it, you also need to make sure to have XTerm*eightBitInput: false in your .Xdefaults as well other wise it didn't seem to work
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GaMMa
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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I've got that in there too  .
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None9
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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Seems like I'm not the only one with this problem 
EDIT: Esc+# works but I like my Alt key  |
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Konsti
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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Do you really have | Code: | | xterm*metaSendsEscape: true |
in your ~/.Xdefaults? Th option is called
| Code: | | XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true |
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None9
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes.. this is my .Xdefaults file:
| Code: | xterm*faceName: Monospace
xterm*faceSize: 9
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: white
XTerm*eightBitInput: false
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true |
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Konsti
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| I thought the Options have to begin with uppercase XT, you have two lowercase lines in your .Xdefaults which seem to work, ok. At least the metaSendsEscape is spelled as mine. Can you check the Meta Sends Escape option in a running xterm (Ctrl-Button1) and see, if that helps? |
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None9
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I've never seen anything like this. When I press Ctrl+1 "1" pops up. If I press Ctrl+3 3 times and then Ctrl+1 I get the "(arg: 1)" line...
Maybe I should add that the Alt key isn't working properly in any program run in xorg. For example I can't wite an "@" (Alt Gr+2).
This is getting really irritating since I can't change terminal |
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None9
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Problem solved:
| Code: | | Option "XkbLayout" "sv" |
should be
| Code: | | Option "XkbLayout" "se" |
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