[Pkg-urxvt-maintainers] Bug#627248: rxvt-unicode: meta-left/right are not recognized

[skizzhg]

Package: rxvt-unicode
Version: 9.11-1
Severity: normal

I use rxvt-unicode-256color but i'm filling this bug against rxvt-unicode
because it has the same behaviour.
With the new version the combination of meta and left/right does not work
anymore.
In irssi alt(esc)-left/right is one of the way to change window, instead do
that it prints [D and [C respectively, while [B and [A are for down and up.

Pressing the same combination does not print anything, if you use the space key
several times then use alt-left and alt-right the cursor moves at the beginning
and the end of line, like using C-a and C-e.
On the other hand alt-down/up shows [A and [B respectively.


$ cat
^[^[[D : alt-left
^[^[[C : alt-right
^[^[[B : alt-down
^[^[[A : alt-up


Other combinations like alt-1 o alt-a in irssi works perfectly, same in fluxbox
or other applications.


$ xev
KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 516924392, (194,-137), root:(195,702),
    state 0x10, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x2000001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 516924436, (194,-137), root:(195,702),
    state 0x18, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517941452, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 113 (keysym 0xff51, Left), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517941545, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 113 (keysym 0xff51, Left), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517942879, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 114 (keysym 0xff53, Right), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517942947, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 114 (keysym 0xff53, Right), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517669777, (316,-669), root:(317,170),
    state 0x10, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517669870, (316,-669), root:(317,170),
    state 0x10, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 31, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517938214, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x1c00001,
    root 0x165, subw 0x0, time 517938298, (256,-181), root:(257,658),
    state 0x10, keycode 116 (keysym 0xff54, Down), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False


ciao
skizzhg


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rxvt-unicode depends on:
ii  base-passwd                   3.5.22     Debian base system master password
ii  libc6                         2.13-4     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-2.2  generic font configuration library
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.6.0-2  GCC support library
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0            2.23.3-3   GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.28.6-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libperl5.12                   5.12.3-6   shared Perl library
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.3-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxft2                       2.2.0-2    FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.6-1  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  ncurses-base                  5.9-1      basic terminal type definitions
ii  ncurses-term                  5.9-1      additional terminal type definitio

Versions of packages rxvt-unicode recommends:
pn  ttf-dejavu                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  ttf-sazanami-gothic           <none>     (no description available)

rxvt-unicode suggests no packages.