From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jim Paris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5541: 23.1; after upgrading to emacs-23, meta key in xterm no longer works Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:34 -0500 Message-ID: <20100313220934.GA23155__2757.07688783786$1268600962$gmane$org@psychosis.jim.sh> References: <873a04ysew.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <876350rmmx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268600963 18499 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2010 21:09:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:09:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5541@debbugs.gnu.org, dickey@invisible-island.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 14 22:09:18 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nqv3l-0006Qo-Kd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:09:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34780 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nqv3k-00036J-SP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NqZn3-0002xK-Rm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:26:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51744 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NqZmu-0002rC-3J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:26:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqZlA-0001yj-1i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:24:42 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40028) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqZl9-0001yZ-W5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:24:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqZfh-0003ez-Il; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:01 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jim Paris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5541 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5541-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5541.126851870014039 (code B ref 5541); Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5541) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Mar 2010 22:18:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqZf2-0003eO-4C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:18:20 -0500 Original-Received: from jim.sh ([75.150.123.25] helo=psychosis.jim.sh) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NqZWd-0003ae-B4 for 5541@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from psychosis.jim.sh (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by psychosis.jim.sh (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o2DM9YjM024383 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:34 -0500 Original-Received: (from jim@localhost) by psychosis.jim.sh (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o2DM9YW4024382; Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:09:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <876350rmmx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at psychosis X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:18:18 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:08:58 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35577 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: > Glenn Morris writes: > > >> Does anyone on this list have xterm-253 available to test? > > > > Yes. > > > >>> With "emacs23 -nw" running inside xterm-253, my meta key does not work > >>> for things like M-x. Instead, the terminal bell beeps, and the string > >>> ;120~ appears in the buffer. > > > > Something similar happens for me too (and with the trunk). > > And does xterm-24* behave OK? > > It's possible this is a bug in xterm-253, which would be why Sven > Joachim does not see it on xterm-255. I did some more testing and it only happens on some of my systems. Turns out the problem shows up when this .Xresources setting is present: ! Shift-paste to paste CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY. xterm*VT100.Translations: #override \ Shift : insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)\n \ Ctrl ~Shift Meta -: smaller-vt-font() \n \ Ctrl ~Shift Meta =: larger-vt-font() \n That's worked for me forever... I have no idea why it would cause new versions of emacs to act funny. CCing Thomas Dickey, any ideas? The original report is at http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5541 -jim