SETMETAMODE (1)
define the keyboard meta key handling
SYNOPSIS
setmetamode [ meta | bit | metabit | esc | prefix | escprefix ]
"setmetamode command" "" "\fLsetmetamode\fR command"
DESCRIPTION
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).
OPTIONS
esc prefix escprefix
The Meta key sends an Escape prefix.
meta bit metabit
The Meta key sets the high order bit of the character.
EXAMPLE
One might use
setmetamode
in an
/etc/rc
script 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
SEE ALSO
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