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SETMETAMODE
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 30 Jan 1994
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NAME
setmetamode - define the keyboard meta key handling
SYNOPSIS
setmetamode
[
{meta|bit|metabit | esc|prefix|escprefix}
]
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).
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
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.
SEE ALSO
loadkeys(1)
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