From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Bob Bernstein <rosebud@sdf.lonestar.org>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Meta key for 'emacs -nw'
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 14:57:55 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VFncR9Oqh1_Fw1y+A0rL_gMxmV_ziW-ORx+V3hbGuPFg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <n8pa0m$2fa$1@odin.sdf-eu.org>
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Bob Bernstein <rosebud@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> Launched in […] xterm, with '-nw,' emacs uses Esc for
> its Meta key, which I find um disenchanting, for lack of a
> better term.
>
> […] 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’ll need to set the
XTerm.vt100.metaSendsEscape resource to true.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-02 8:57 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 [this message]
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
[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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