Re: NetBSD Alt key?

[Emanuel Berg]

conover--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:

> (global-set-key "\M-b" 'mark-block) ; Alt-b key

It is called Meta. If "mark-block" is a command (interactive
function) I don't see why it shouldn't work ... You can put
use the hash quote but that won't solve it.

  (global-set-key "\M-b" #'mark-block)

Don't you want M-b for `backward-word' tho?

> NetBSD does not

What happens when you hit it?

Test, or do C-h k M-b

> Any idea on what "\M-b" should be for Alt-b in NetBSD?

It should look the same since we are operating on the Emacs
level, maybe something is up with the terminal emulator so
Emacs in facts sees some other key on M-b.

If you use xterm, try this ...

xterm*metaSendsEscape: true

in .Xresources [1] then

xrdb ~/.Xresources

in .xinitrc [2] ...

[1] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.Xresources

[2] https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.xinitrc

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