Re. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2002/05/14/0003.html

...I'm not sure if EMACS supports a meta-key on the default NetBSD/i386
text console.  But, doesn't an <ESC> prefix serve the same purpose?

(Why the i386 wscons <Alt> key doesn't function as a Meta in EMACS, I
don't know.  You might be able to map it to something that EMACS likes, or
get EMACS to pay attention to it.  Certainly, *outside* of EMACS, the
<Alt> key functions on the NetBSD/i386 wscons.  I don't know what EMACS is
looking for, though.)


Then again, you could just give up and configure/use X.  (^&

(Under X, at least on my i386, the ``windows'' keys act as Meta's.  Again,
I don't understand why the <Alt>'s aren't used---if I try to use an
<Alt>-qualified key, EMACS just beeps at me, so it doesn't seem to *use*
<Alt> for anything; why not use <Alt> for Meta, since <Alt> s more
ubiquitous than the ``Windows'' keys?)

(ponder)

Anyway, I'm not sure how much that helps, but maybe it'll be worth
something to you.  (^&


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