Re: vterm and Meta?

[Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>]

> With -Q ... with -q, it says "x is undefined" in the message buffer.
That is... extremely strange.

What about C-h k x ?

What is your operating system, emacs version, etc?

Does the alt key on your keyboard work in other programs?
If you are on X, can you use xev to confirm that it sends the correct keycode?

On Wed Aug 2, 2023, 12:39 AM GMT, hw <mailto:hw@adminart.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-08-01 at 19:54 +0000, Thibaut Verron wrote:
>> > It looks up x: "runs the command self-insert-command (found in
>> > global-map), which is an interactive built-in function in ‘C source
>> > code’ ..."
>>
>> Even with emacs -q?
>
> With -Q ... with -q, it says "x is undefined" in the message buffer.
>> Are you perhaps trying to use Meta like you use Esc, releasing Alt before you press x ?
>
> No, I'm pressing Alt-x without letting off of Alt. Not having to let
> off like with ESC makes it seem so interesting to be able to use Alt
> instead of ESC for Meta.
>> > Alt or ESC, or both?
>>
>> Both, but I'm only surprised about Alt, Esc should always work.
>
> emacs -q -nw in gnome terminal also says "x is undefined".
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