Re: emacs 23.1 meta not working in -nw mode

[Neil Baylis]

On Aug 12, 4:40 pm, Neil Baylis <neil.bay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using emacs 23.1.1 on an Ubuntu system. It works fine using the
> GUI. When I run it as emacs -nw, I find the meta key doesn't work
> properly. Instead, it self-inserts something. Using ESC still works,
> but I would like my meta back. (It worked before I upgraded to 23.1.1.
> Prior to that, I had been using Ubuntu emacs snapshot, which was
> 23.something).
>
> This is only on one particular system. I have another similar system,
> and on that one, emacs -nw works as expected.
>
> I'm imagining I've done something to bork up the input on this one,
> but not sure how to find out what's wrong.
>
> Any ideas on how to debug this would be greatly appreciated..
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil

More info: it's specific to xterm. If I run it in the gnome-terminal,
it works OK. In both cases, $TERM is set to xterm-color.

Neil