Re: Adding xterm-extras to Emacs

[Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>]

On 2007-10-11 18:42 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> With the recent change, <S-up> is not shown
>> as <select> under `C-h K' any more.
>
> Not sure which change could have caused that.  Does it show up as S-up now?
> If so, I'm glad to hear it ;-)

It might be due to some changes in my .Xresources.

What's the recommended setting for XTerm?

,----
| XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
| XTerm*scrollBar: off
| XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
| XTerm*backarrowKey: false
| XTerm*modifier: meta
| XTerm*modifyOtherKeys: 0
| XTerm*modifyFunctionKeys: 2
| XTerm*modifyCursorKeys: 2
`----

>> However the following key bindings are recognized differently in `C-h
>> K':
>
>> Alt-right => <A-right>
>> Alt-left => <A-left>
>> Alt-up => <A-up>
>> Alt-down => <A-down>
>
> Is that good or bad?  The above looks right to me.  What was it before?
> What should it be instead?

I was expecting to see <M-right> etc. For example some modes bind
`M-right' to a command. But I could only invoke it by "Esc + RightArrow"
and not "Alt + RightArrow".

HTH
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