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I use xterm under cygwin/Xming.

Alt+B (jump one word backwards) and Alt-F (one word forward) do not work, but instead display some diacritical characters or something.

I have created a file .Xresources and a file .Xdefaults in my home dir, each containing only this line:

xterm*eightBitInput: false

Yet the problem persists.

Abin Manathoor Devasia
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I was trying to do the same.

I had to add:

xterm*metaSendsEscape: true

in my .Xresources file and then restart my system. Wouldn't work without the restart.

user674669
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I think the relevant resource is metaSendsEscape, which you'll want to set to true.

ak2
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