Bob Bernstein writes:

> Emacs, unless specifically told not to do it -- with the 
> '-nw' option, will ordinarily launch here (in an xterm) in X 
> window fashion, and the Meta key is then 'Alt'.
>
> Launched in the same xterm, with '-nw,' emacs uses Esc for 
> its Meta key, which I find um disenchanting, for lack of a 
> better term.
>
> Do I need to place some information in my .emacs, perhaps 
> related to the minibuffer, instructing emacs to stay with Alt 
> for its Meta key? 
>
> Or is this a matter of setting my xterm correctly?
>
> (A thousand pardons if this is a  F A Q.)

Another thing to try: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xterm#Fix_the_.27Alt.27_key

/M

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