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In this file `~` is meta (option key on macs). Not sure why it's not escape like it is in emacs.
by alexdme 4y ago
In this file `~` is meta (option key on macs). Not sure why it's not escape like it is in emacs.
- dotancohen 4y agoOn Linux, Meta is activated on modern keyboards by both ESC and ALT.
- Jtsummers 4y agoAlso on macOS and (at least within emacs) Windows.
- a1369209993 4y agoBecause on a particular three/four-decade-old physical terminal[0], Alt-$KEY was transmitted as "1B [sequence for $KEY]". Eg, Alt-X was "1B 58"[1]. The escape key happened to also transmit "1B" on its own. Consequently, "Alt-$KEY" and "Esc, $KEY" were indistinguishable unless you went out of your way to engineer a race condition. This has never really been fixed, despite intermittent attempts. 0: I think VT100, but don't quote me on that 1: or possibly "1B 78", depending on how it handled shift; I don't remember exactly.