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Re: using VT220 monitor with modem - advice sought

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From: Jym Dyer
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:52
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> I have a VT220 monitor . . . .  I am having some troubles with
> XON/XOFF, ESC, and the Meta key (or rather the lack of one).

=o= Yep, I know that one.  To this day, I type CTRL-[ to get
ESC or Meta.  My pinkies are larger than my biceps.

=o= I'm told that CTRL-3 also generates ESC on that keyboard.

> Also has anyone figured out a way to bind Meta to the
> Compose Character key?

=o= Only via xmodmap, which of course won't work for your
situation. :-)
    <_Jym_>
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