[comp.emacs] where is a Sun-3's meta key?

mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) (10/22/87)

Does GNU Emacs recognize any of the keys on a Sun-3 keyboard as a true
meta key, or even a "prefix-escape" key -- i.e., a key that you press
simultaneously with another, analogous to the Control key?

Mike Khaw
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mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) (10/23/87)

>Does GNU Emacs recognize any of the keys on a Sun-3 keyboard as a true
>meta key, or even a "prefix-escape" key -- i.e., a key that you press
>simultaneously with another, analogous to the Control key?

Several people replied that the "left" and "right" keys adjacent to the
spacebar work as meta-keys.  Thanks.

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drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) (10/26/87)

mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
> Does GNU Emacs recognize any of the keys on a Sun-3 keyboard as a true
> meta key

Yes, the "Left" and "Right" keys (right next to the space bar)
function as meta keys.  (Although you may have to set some sort of
configuration parameter in Emacs to get it recognized.)

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wright@tc.fluke.COM (Dave Wright) (10/31/87)

In article <1696@culdev1.UUCP>, drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:
> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes:
> > Does GNU Emacs recognize any of the keys on a Sun-3 keyboard as a true
> > meta key
> Yes, the "Left" and "Right" keys (right next to the space bar)
> function as meta keys.

There's an obscurely (or un-) documented termcap file entry called "km" (has
meta key) which must be present in the "sun" termcap entry before v18 emacs will
recognize the Left and Right keys as meta keys with SunOS 3.4.  Yes, we found
this out the hard way.

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