Manual: setmetamode

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 indi‐
       cated.  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 

SEE ALSO
       loadkeys(1), kbdinfo(1)

kbd							 30 Jan 1994					      SETMETAMODE(1)