--- xterm-166/input.c.alt-metaaltfix	Tue Mar 26 04:46:40 2002
+++ xterm-166/input.c	Tue Sep 17 19:58:27 2002
@@ -689,7 +689,8 @@
 			if (eightbit
 			 && screen->meta_sends_esc
 			 && ((event->state & term->misc.meta_left) != 0
-			  || (event->state & term->misc.meta_right)) != 0) {
+			  || (event->state & term->misc.meta_right) != 0
+			  || (event->state & term->misc.alt_left) != 0)) {
 				TRACE(("...input-char is modified by META\n"));
 				eightbit = False;
 				unparseputc (ESC, pty);  /* escape */