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1 perry 1 SETMETAMODE
2 !!!SETMETAMODE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 EXAMPLE
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 setmetamode - define the keyboard meta key handling
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
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17 __setmetamode [[__
18 ''meta''__|__''bit''__|__''metabit'' __|__
19 ''esc''__|__''prefix''__|__''escprefix''
20 __]__
21 !!DESCRIPTION
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24 Without argument, __setmetamode__ prints the current Meta
25 key mode. With argument, it sets the Meta key mode as
26 indicated. The setting before and after the change are
27 reported.
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30 The Meta key mode is specific for each VT (and the VT
31 corresponding to stdin is used).
32 !!OPTIONS
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35 ''esc prefix escprefix''
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38 The Meta key sends an Escape prefix.
39
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41 ''meta bit metabit''
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44 The Meta key sets the high order bit of the
45 character.
46 !!EXAMPLE
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49 One might use __setmetamode__ in an ''/etc/rc'' script
50 to define the initial state of the Meta key mode, e.g.
51 by
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54 INITTY=/dev/tty[[1-8]
55 for tty in $INITTY; do
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58 setmetamode escprefix
59
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61 done
62 !!SEE ALSO
63
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65 loadkeys(1).
66 ----
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