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Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'
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>> Launched in [=E2=80=A6] 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=E2=80=99ll 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