My new install of Etch has a few issues.

[1] Even though my keyboard mapping is correct, xterms and rxvt's
don't have the Alt key mapped to Meta, like other apps do
(emacs/xemacs, etc). Checked the keymapping in xkeycaps, and it was
right. How do i fix the way terminals (and console mode, too) read the
Alt key? I've tried fixing the console key mapping --tried all the
available US mappings, in fact. None of them ed. A possible clue:
The X versions of Xemacs and GnuEmacs work fine, but when i run either
of
them in console mode in an xterm they don't. Also, here's what some of
the Alt/Meta key combos yield in xterms:

Alt and yields
------- ------
b â
f æ
d ä

I'm at my wit's end on this. I'll name my next batch of beer after the
first person w/the solution.


[2] I installed sawfish, and got it configured mostly. Can't do Alt-F1
or Alt-F2 to get the Gnome popups for menu and 'run' (or whatever it's
called). Any hints on this? It worked great on the Slackware 10.0 that
i'm migrating from. No idea what's blocking it.


thanks in advance,
Eric

On Mar 8, 8:50 am, sub...@gmail.com wrote:
> My new install of Etch has a few issues.
>
> [1] Even though my keyboard mapping is correct, xterms and rxvt's
> don't have the Alt key mapped to Meta, like other apps do
> (emacs/xemacs, etc). Checked the keymapping in xkeycaps, and it was
> right. How do i fix the way .... blah, blah, blah.


Okay, i finally googled and tinkered enough, and figured this one
out. Had to put the following in my ~/.Xdefaults:
XTerm*altSendsEscape: true
XTerm*eightBitInput: false
And that solved it. Once again my fingers know what to do in an xterm.
Guess i'm naming that batch of beer after _me_.


> [2] I installed sawfish, and got it configured mostly. Can't do Alt-F1
> or Alt-F2 to get the Gnome popups for menu and 'run' (or whatever it's
> called). Any hints on this? It worked great on the Slackware 10.0 that
> i'm migrating from. No idea what's blocking it.

Could still use some on this one, though. I have nary a clue.

/E


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