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SETMETAMODE(1) General Commands Manual SETMETAMODE(1)
setmetamode - define the keyboard meta key handling
setmetamode [ {meta|bit|metabit | esc|prefix|escprefix} ]
Without argument, setmetamode prints the current Meta key mode. With
argument, it sets the Meta key mode as indicated. The setting before
and after the change are reported.
The Meta key mode is specific for each VT (and the VT corresponding
to stdin is used). One might use setmetamode in /etc/rc to define
the initial state of the Meta key mode, e.g. by
INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
for tty in $INITTY; do
setmetamode escprefix < $tty
done
esc prefix escprefix
The Meta key sends an Escape prefix.
meta bit metabit
The Meta key sets the high order bit of the character.
loadkeys(1)
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30 Jan 1994 SETMETAMODE(1)
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