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Re: [Help-bash] Meta key on Mac?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [Help-bash] Meta key on Mac? |
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Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:05:42 -0500 |
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On 12/13/11 4:53 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It says on the manual "The Meta key is labeled ALT on many keyboards." But
> when I try M-?, I get รท. Does anybody know how to type M-k? (For example,
> possible-completions (M-?))
Two ways:
1. Use ESC-? or ESC-k, effectively using ESC as the meta-prefix.
2. In Terminal, Preferences -> Keyboard -> Use option as meta key
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