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Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'
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HASM |
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Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw' |
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Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:43:00 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
>> Launched in […] xterm, with '-nw,' emacs uses Esc for
>> its Meta key, which I find um disenchanting, for lack of a
>> better term.
> This. With a typical PC keyboard (which has Alt keys but no dedicated
> hardware Meta keys), you’ll need to set the
> XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape resource to true.
Alternatively you could set
XTerm*eightBitInput: false
(though this may have other side effects.)
-- HASM