bug#5541: 23.1; after upgrading to emacs-23, meta key in xterm no longer works

[Glenn Morris]

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Does anyone on this list have xterm-253 available to test?

Yes.

>> With "emacs23 -nw" running inside xterm-253, my meta key does not work
>> for things like M-x.  Instead, the terminal bell beeps, and the string
>> ;120~ appears in the buffer.

Something similar happens for me too (and with the trunk).

>> Indeed, if I execute the command:
>>    (xterm-turn-off-modify-other-keys (selected-frame))
>> then my meta key temporarily starts working again.

This command makes no difference for me.

I normally use aterm, which works fine.