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From: mab@ttidcb.UUCP (Michael A. Bloom)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: Real META keys
Message-ID: <273@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 23:19:55 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcb.273
Posted: Sat Feb  9 23:19:55 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 01:45:11 EST
References: <229@uwstat.UUCP> <3083@umcp-cs.UUCP> <274@talcott.UUCP>
Reply-To: mab@ttidcb.UUCP (Michael A. Bloom)
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Summary: Set km in terminfo entry to use meta key


In article <274@talcott.UUCP> lotto@talcott.UUCP (Jerry Lotto) writes:

>Although the H19 termcap entry does a fine job, I have an
>Alt key that sets the eighth bit for each char ( after I rebind
>everything locally ). My problem is that the H19 description somehow
>disables EMACS recognition of true Meta chars. 

You need to set the km flag in the termcap or terminfo entry.  You
should also be using terminfo rather than termcap, as it is much more
efficient to do so.  If you are not, ask your system manager to rebuild
emacs with TERMINFO defined.  There is really no excuse for his not
doing so, as the terminfo source comes with CCA emacs.

Make sure that if you install a changed version of the h19 entry, that
it has a different name, say "h19-meta", otherwise you may have an
unpleasant reaction from some other h19 users.

Be sure to read the termcap and terminfo entries in section 5 of
man.  If terminfo has not been installed there, you can find a copy
by cd'ing to wherever you have the cca emacs source, and looking
in the terminfo/man subdirectory.

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--    Michael Bloom 	---  {philabs,trwrb,cadovax,randvax}!ttidca!mab