meta keys?

Richard E Miles r.godzilla at comcast.net
Thu May 26 23:18:05 UTC 2005


On Thu, 26 May 2005 08:52:36 -0700
"K. Richard Pixley" <rich at noir.com> wrote:

> In redhat releases and in other operating systems, a default xterm 
> window will provide me with a shell wherein <alt>-<delete> will backward 
> delete a word, <alt>-b, will move the cursor backward a word, <alt>-f 
> will move forward a word, etc.  That is, emacs editing mode works and 
> acts on the meta keys.
> 
> This doesn't work on fedora core 3, at least not out of the box.  Can 
> anyone explain to me what I need to do to get my meta key editing back, 
> please?  Or point me to relevant documentation that might help me figure 
> out what's going on?
> 
> I'm going fugbuck trying to type whenever I sit down in front of a 
> fedora box.
> 
> --rich
> 

You can set your gnome terminal to ignore shortcut keys. Edit keyboard shortcuts...  Select Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt+f to open File menu)

-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097




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