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From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de
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In-reply-to: <9610091039.AA13572@wavehh.hanse.de> (cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de)
Subject: Re: Alt/Meta-Key problems/ pty problem?
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>The problem occures on all non-native-X11 emacs instances, with
>rlogin, telnet, on the system console etc.
...
>If so, would you provide some hints where to get information on how
>things should work? How do one use the Meta key in an application? How
>is the key status transported trough the tty? How is responsible for
>managing the status of the new modifier key: the pty, the keyboard
>driver, the application, Elvis or who or what? Or is it just magic :-)?

Meta-keys for curses emacs are 8-bit characters.  By default, syscons doesn't
generate them for the alt key. The kbdcontrol control command can be used
to modify the characters generated by the keyboard.  I will send you my
keyboard file...

Mark