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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XEmacs 19.12 Meta character problem from XTerm?
Date: 29 Jun 1995 11:30:03 +0200
Organization: Private U**x site, Dresden.
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Paul Fuqua <pf@elissa.hc.ti.com> wrote:
>Same thing happens if I'm using a virtual console instead of an xterm.
>Same thing also happens with FSF emacs 19.2x, which leads me to conclude
>it's a problem either with FreeBSD or with my terminal modes. Damn, I'd
>hoped 19.12 would solve this for me.
Do you have stty istrip turned on?
Btw., i thought syscons were generating <ESC>-<key> if you hit <key>
while <Alt> is active? (I know that it's a compile-time option for
pcvt.)
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)