[Wylug-help] Emacs Alt key not working under xterm

Felix Ulrich-Oltean felix at chaptereight.com
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:50:38 +0000


Hi

When I run 'emacs -nw', e.g. from mutt under xterm, the Alt key does
not work, except when preceded by 2 Escapes.  I think I've been told
in the past it's something to do with the xterm settings, but I can't
remember how to fix it.

If I run it under Eterm, the Alt key works fine, but the backspace key
now produces C-h.

Any pointers?  Thanks.

Felix.