SETMETAMODE(E)                                     SETMETAMODE(E)



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(s)




                           30 Jan 1994             SETMETAMODE(E)