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 indi
cated. The setting before and after the change are
reported.
The Meta key mode is specific for each VT (and the VT cor
responding 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 charac
ter.
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
loadkeys(1).
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