Re: meta key??

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From: Mike Holland
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:00

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The "meta" key is usually the  "Alt" key.
In a terminal program, this key turns on the eight bit.
In an X program, there isnt really such a concept AFAIK. There are key
codes, rather than character
codes, and "Alt" is one of several possible modifier keys. See
xmodmap(1x).

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