python interpretter under xterm: no "f" key but "F" works!

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Have a strange quirk with the python interpretter: when running in an xterm window, the "f" (lower case) doesn't register but the "F" does. Seems to be the only key with such a problem.

Is not a problem in a normal term window under OS X. But was with both X11 4.2.0 and 4.2.1.

Does some termcap setting need to be done to work around this anomaly? Am using python 2.2.

Tx,
S

 

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For the interested...

Appears that this issue is an xterm variants issue: wmterm, aterm which I've tested exhibit this problem. The vanilla xterm - whose primitive scroll bars is one of the reasons I tend not to use it - does not exhibit any problems with the lower case "f" key.

If any of you have an ideas re: patching these apps (where to look), I'll give it a whirl.

S