Hello all. I've just installed the Midnight Commander in FreeBSD 9.0 from package and I've realized with surprise that the Alt key is not working when opening mc in the console, but it works when opening mc in an xterm.
So, for example: mc in the console, the combination Alt+Enter (which copies a file to the command line), or Alt+p (which prints the previous command) behave exactly as if Alt hadn't been pressed; i.e., as "Enter" or as "p" in the two examples above.
But mc in an xterm, the Alt key works as expected. Also when in linux it works as expected, same in the console or in X.
So, what's the difference between the console and the xterm for this behaviour? Or what's the difference between the FreeBSD console and the Linux console? How can I work around this problem?
Any help appreciated, thanks.
So, for example: mc in the console, the combination Alt+Enter (which copies a file to the command line), or Alt+p (which prints the previous command) behave exactly as if Alt hadn't been pressed; i.e., as "Enter" or as "p" in the two examples above.
But mc in an xterm, the Alt key works as expected. Also when in linux it works as expected, same in the console or in X.
So, what's the difference between the console and the xterm for this behaviour? Or what's the difference between the FreeBSD console and the Linux console? How can I work around this problem?
Any help appreciated, thanks.