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>>> On 13 May 91 21:19:27 GMT, in gnu.bash.bug
>>> "Me" == mike-w@cs.aukuni.ac.nz writes:

Me>     I'm running 1.07-cwru, but still can't get the Meta key working in an
Me>   xterm window.  I've tried 'stty pass8', and several other stabs in the
Me>   dark ... any better ideas ??

    Thanks to all those who replied.  Since there was such a variety of
  responses, I thought I'd summarise:

    I was rather hasty in posting this to gnu.bash.bug ... the problem was
  with xterm itself (having recently moved to a R4 xterm). 

  * In the R4 xterm translation table, the event "Meta<KeyPress>" is bound
    to `insert-eight-bit'.  However, "Meta" in this context means "Meta_L
    or Meta_R" rather than "a mod1 modifier".

  * The "Meta" key on my keyboard actually sends the "Alt_L" keysym by
    default, so although it was registered as a "mod1" modifier, and
    treated as Meta by other Xclients (eg. emacs, R3 xterm) R4 xterm did
    not grok it as a Meta key. 

  * The solution (with thanks to Liam Breck <breck@risky.ecs.umass.edu>)
    was 
      	  xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L"
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