Bug 70237

Summary:	vte + kinput2 seems to grab Meta/Alt key modifier
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jens Petersen <petersen>
Component:	vte	Assignee:	Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	8.0	CC:	eng-asia-list, nalin
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Description Jens Petersen 2002-07-31 08:55:37 UTC

Description of Problem:
In a default Japanese gnome session, it isn't possible to enter say "M-x"
(ie Meta x in Emacs or XEmacs) inside gnome-terminal, which is rather
annoying.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-terminal-2.0.0.90-3
vte-0.5.4-2
kinput2-canna-wnn6-v3-18

How Reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start a Japanese gnome session
2. Run gnome terminal
3. Run "emacs -nw -q" the gnome-terminal
4. Press "M-x"

Actual Results:
An "x" appears in the "*scratch*" buffer.

Expected Results:
"M-x " should be prompting for input in the minibuffer.

Additional Information:
The problem doesn't occur in xterm or kterm.

Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2002-08-30 19:50:28 UTC

Are there any M-<key> combinations that have to be caught by the 
input method instead of vte? That is, could VTE just bypass
XInput handling entirely when the meta key is pressed?

(I remember some input methods beginning with M-<space>...)

Comment 2 Nalin Dahyabhai 2003-01-14 04:14:54 UTC

Versions 0.10.9 and later will steal Meta-modified keystrokes from the input
method, which should fix this.  Please reopen if you continue to see these problems.

Comment 3 Jens Petersen 2003-02-19 15:01:24 UTC

Alt-x seems to work fine in Emacs now, but not Meta-x AFAICT.

Comment 4 Jens Petersen 2004-10-15 06:32:20 UTC

The later is not vte bug, but just X mod config I guess.