alt-d alt-f etc. stops working in my xterm
Solution 1:
you need
xterm*metaSendsEscape: true
in your ~/.Xdefaults
xrdb ~/.Xdefaults
Start a new xterm, hopefully that shouldn't have the problem anymore
Solution 2:
add this:
% grep -i escape .Xdefaults
xterm*metaSendsEscape: true
(so, tell xterm that your alt key is sending escape)