[comp.sys.amiga] ALT as Meta-key in microemacs

Skywalker@cup.portal.com (06/20/88)

Peter da Silva complains:

PdS>Why don't any of the Micro emacses implement REAL meta keys? Both the IBM-PC
PdS>and the Amiga have these nice ALT keys in a real convenient spot, just ready
PdS>for use as a metakey. Do the implementors really prefer hitting ESC, or have
PdS>they just forgotten that ESC is just a kludge?

I have mg2a set up on my 1000 with the alt keys working (apparently completely)
as true meta keys. It requires 2 non-standard setups:
  1) compile using the "-dUSE_METAKEY" option; and
  2) you must use one of the alternate keymaps (usa0 for the 1000) that
     has the ALT key setting the high-order bit (just like v1.1 of AmigaDog).
     The default keymap has ALT mapping to a foreign alphabet with "dead" keys
     and all that other annoying stuff.

	hope this helps.
			scott

P.S. The default key map change was the first "bug" in v1.2 (ie: it was NOT
     better than v1.1).
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