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| SETMETAMODE(1) | General Commands Manual | SETMETAMODE(1) |
NAME
setmetamode - define the keyboard meta key handling
SYNOPSIS
setmetamode [ options ] [ argument ]
DESCRIPTION
Without argument, setmetamode prints the current Meta key mode. With argument, it sets the Meta key mode as indicated. The setting before and after the change are reported.
The Meta key mode is specific for each VT (and the VT corresponding 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
ARGUMENTS
- esc, prefix, escprefix
- The Meta key sends an Escape prefix.
- meta, bit, metabit
- The Meta key sets the high order bit of the character.
OPTIONS
- -C, --console=DEV
- the console device to be used.
- -V, --version
- print version number.
- -h, --help
- print this usage message.
AUTHORS
Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
SEE ALSO
loadkeys(1), kbdinfo(1)
| 30 Jan 1994 | kbd |