From: HASM <hasm@example.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:43:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a8njuqa3.fsf@127.0.0.1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3406.1454403498.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> Launched in […] xterm, with '-nw,' emacs uses Esc for
>> its Meta key, which I find um disenchanting, for lack of a
>> better term.
> This. With a typical PC keyboard (which has Alt keys but no dedicated
> hardware Meta keys), you’ll need to set the
> XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape resource to true.
Alternatively you could set
XTerm*eightBitInput: false
(though this may have other side effects.)
-- HASM
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-02 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-02 4:06 Meta key for 'emacs -nw' Bob Bernstein
2016-02-02 8:57 ` Yuri Khan
2016-02-02 9:14 ` Magnus Therning
2016-02-02 9:15 ` Magnus Therning
[not found] ` <mailman.3406.1454403498.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-02-02 14:43 ` HASM [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.3409.1454404529.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-02-02 17:53 ` Bob Bernstein
2016-02-02 23:15 ` Emanuel Berg
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