How do I prevent xfce terminal from grabbing the Alt key?

[Chris G]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 09:01:01PM +0100, Mike Massonnet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> So about the Alt key. I tested Xterm and indeed Alt+<letter> prints
> some other letters, but this simply is a feature for Xterm and other
> variants. Regarding GTK+ applications, there is nothing you can do
> about it (well never say never), it is the default behavior including
> VTE.
> 
It's not "a feature for Xterm and ...." it's the standard way that Alt
is supposed to work.

> This includes all the Xfce applications, GNOME applications, even Chomium, etc.
> 
> GTK+ applications have something other to include special characters:
> Ctrl+Shift+u. This will allow you to enter a UTF-8 unicode character
> by its value. For example 2611 => ☑, or BF => ¿, etc.
> 
Wonderful, hit four characters where one will do.


> You can always ask on the gtk mailing list, or look for help around
> X11 oriented forums, mailing lists, since it looks like you are out of
> luck here. As of a last hint, if you don't use Xmodmap, it may be
> worth for you to look around the "Compose key", since this X11 feature
> will work for any application.
> 
I use the compose key, but being able to enter the Euro symbol as it's
*marked* on my keyboard would be a better way!

-- 
Chris Green