Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!kenny From: kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Recommendations for terminal with M Message-ID: <4300015@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 15 Jul 88 20:26:00 GMT References: <784@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:amethyst.ma.arizona.edu:784:m.cs.uiuc.edu:4300015:000:859 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!kenny Jul 15 15:26:00 1988 /* Written 2:54 am Jul 14, 1988 by rsm@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu in m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.emacs */ /* ---------- "Recommendations for terminal with M" ---------- */ I plan on buying a new terminal for personal use. Since I use Emacs a good bit, a Meta key is high on my list of requirements. An escape key, even a reasonably placed one, is a poor substitute. [...] Are the last three really the only choices I have? Does anyone have any other recommendations? /* End of text from m.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.emacs */ The Televideo 825, 950, 970, .... have a meta key, labelled `FUNCT.' It generates a three-character sequence, ^A-key-^M, but sufficiently intelligent software can cope (and use timings to distinguish the Meta key from the user's hitting a ^A). I've done it once before, but left my code behind when I left the company that I was working for. Kevin