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diff --git a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html index 718ada3a..24dff3d3 100644 --- a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html +++ b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html @@ -94,30 +94,30 @@ window is created every time you /JOIN a channel or /QUERY someone. There's several ways you can change between these windows:</p> <pre> - ALT-1, ALT-2, ... ALT-0 - Jump directly between windows 1-10 - ALT-q .. ALT-p - Jump directly between windows 11-20 - ESC-1 .. ESC-0 - ALT-keys don't work everywhere, but you can - use ESC-key instead of ALT. + Meta-1, Meta-2, .. Meta-0 - Jump directly between windows 1-10 + Meta-q .. Meta-p - Jump directly between windows 11-20 /WINDOW <number> - Jump to any window with specified number Ctrl-P, Ctrl-N - Jump to previous / next window </pre> -<p>Clearly the easiest way is to use ALT-number keys. Some terminals -just don't allow it, with xterm and rxvt you should be able to fix it -with changing X resources:</p> +<p>Clearly the easiest way is to use Meta-number keys. And what is the Meta +key? For some terminals, it's the same as ALT. If you have Windows keyboard, +it's probably the left Windows key. If they don't work directly, you'll need +to set a few X resources (NOTE: these work with both xterm and rxvt):</p> + +<p>With rxvt, you can also specify which key acts as Meta key. So if you +want to use ALT instead of Windows key for it, use:</p> <pre> - XTerm*eightBitInput: false - XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true + rxvt*modifier: alt </pre> -<p>And how exactly does it happen? For Debian, there's -/etc/X11/Xresources/xterm file where you can put them and it's read -automatically when X starts. ~/.Xresources file might also work. If you -can't get anything else to work, just copy&paste those lines to -~/.Xresources and directly call "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" in some -xterm. The resources affect only the new xterms you start, not existing -ones.</p> +<p>And how exactly do you set these X resources? For Debian, there's +/etc/X11/Xresources/xterm file where you can put them and it's read +automatically when X starts. ~/.Xresources and ~/.Xdefaults files might also +work. If you can't get anything else to work, just copy&paste those lines to +~/.Xresources and directly call "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources" in some xterm. +The resources affect only the new xterms you start, not existing ones.</p> <p>Many windows SSH clients also don't allow usage of ALT. One excellent client that does allow is putty, you can download it from |