From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw' Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 14:57:55 +0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454403513 19572 80.91.229.3 (2 Feb 2016 08:58:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Bob Bernstein Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 02 09:58:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aQWn6-0007xA-Md for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:58:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55842 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQWn6-0004Fo-4E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:58:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQWmu-0004Fa-JP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:58:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQWmt-0005vT-OR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::232]:33144) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQWmt-0005ux-DR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:58:15 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-x232.google.com with SMTP id m1so38907211lfg.0 for ; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:58:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PKBIlBhQZZvTC1ustYSyUeg3dOsOUK6rt8bIST7x/BU=; b=NokPlag5JX0Cl5SnFVrUwDDzp2IfSPrQ8BhUvXK+nP1GGik36XIp3uMhfE45KMfeNV 3YtrvKmkV2gXVhS0nHaIOSuyhHwJukLESP2ejnlVQNbIKLEgiy/13g/7cwfnZ7l8SM4w e8+yLY0KuF57zUUNVIAnQ2A7cg3gnirj6C2A3tSSC/PijRaMUsYzxJJeJ4YA4kjOCouT XJwUZ1t6S2e/o5IxcmwN/V4nS4N9mDirTRYABsnQ+bAoeXeh0WFWG1na9HR9w4hMMbwI 8+HrRx4Q1gvtdYnXEA1AhgfknJE717lABYfwYgyOs0+IX2cslZO1mPNv/Xwh/JiYXcTx qtXw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PKBIlBhQZZvTC1ustYSyUeg3dOsOUK6rt8bIST7x/BU=; b=cj/PqKAqDuiobHB+K3K8zDEiytiagn1hyHlsA5jBWVQH7PXl02HsrMdReeTwNSJn+n K3t/NL3WN9kmc9UUIH4BEImJ1yCieS4woFaLpUZuK1NrHRDnACoNeWwggHmzYaUA5C/X Ti78mOqdlh7H1RyotS/q+4jhCf0SYpz1EBGe4scFwK7lfu5sG7YmdndZc8P9Me3IdhAU p0Kt5mZQrAMCmdJG/LfD+fw28nIH8F4c6NKH3wrPFkChG34GNZ7TxQI5aVy2zL9D9GWr 6swSZEKsjGqPHQw8pRVYikPGBtW8ISfA9usDFpvRCPWrdheadjDOE2/9yRs+PUQZ78xj 6BdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQj/4mgevHekdU05MnjOkVxR5wGUzmVpSPE5f1ZEBTU5e3HFWCTY26pVpwptG20R6neijv/V9E965fx8A== X-Received: by 10.25.29.147 with SMTP id d141mr9009415lfd.26.1454403494542; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:58:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.112.7.100 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 00:57:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: BlG9pNZ7KLXFIKsU3B4K564e2N8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::232 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108959 Archived-At: On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Bob Bernstein w= rote: > 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. > > [=E2=80=A6] is this a matter of setting my xterm correctly? 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.