meta key (alt key) combinations don't work in xterm

[Alessandro]

launch xterm
launch emacs in xterm
$ emacs -nw
press M-x, it doesnt do M-x, it intead does M-c M-8

I resolved that putting
*VT100*utf8: 1
*VT100*eightBitInput: false
*VT100*eightBitControl: false
*VT100*eightBitOutput: true

in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm

[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

If you're going to do all of that, the uxterm script is already designed
to set the locale and fonts properly for UTF-8 mode.

[Rouslan Solomakhin (rouslan-solomakhin)]

Thanks for the post. I had the same problem with xterm in fluxbox on Fiesty. Your solution helped me out.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

I get M-x on gutsy, could you try if it works for there?

[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Timo Aaltonen wrote:

> I get M-x on gutsy, could you try if it works for there?
>
> ** Changed in: xterm (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

I don't have gutsy. I maintain xterm, and was pointing out that the
resource settings were not strictly necessary.

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[stragen (angus-errington)]

I had the same issue running Ubuntu 7.04 and it was
resolved with the suggested fix.

[Joe Smith (yasumoto7)]

I have this problem when running irssi through ssh/screen in an xterm. I can't use meta+# to change which channels I'm on.

You can work around this with ESC+# or /window list (for a list of channels) and /window #

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xterm (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]