SETMETAMODE(1)
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
INITTY=/dev/tty[1-8]
for tty in $INITTY; do
setmetamode escprefix < $tty
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)