setmetamode

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NAME

       setmetamode - define the keyboard meta key handling


SYNOPSIS

       setmetamode [ {meta|bit|metabit | esc|prefix|escprefix} ]


DESCRIPTION

       Without  argument, setmetamode prints the current Meta key
       mode.  With argument, it sets the Meta key mode  as  indi-
       cated.   The  setting  before  and  after  the  change are
       reported.

       The Meta key mode is specific for each VT (and the VT cor-
       responding  to  stdin is used).  One might use setmetamode
       in /etc/rc to define the initial state  of  the  Meta  key
       mode, e.g. by
            for t in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
                 setmetamode escprefix < /dev/tty$t
            done


OPTIONS

       esc prefix escprefix
              The Meta key sends an Escape prefix.

       meta bit metabit
              The Meta key sets the high order bit of the charac-
              ter.


SEE ALSO

       loadkeys(1)
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