Wednesday, May 20, 2009

How to send Alt-X in Mac Terminal

You need to configure the mac 'terminal' application so the 'alt / option' key sends 'meta'. In order to do this, go to:

Terminal > Preferences > Settings > Keyboard

and select the 'Use option as meta key' checkbox at the bottom of the window.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM

    Thanks man

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  2. Coupe_KolonelDecember 7, 2010 at 8:07 AM

    Awesome, just what I needed to control IRSSI thru my Linux server. Thanks!

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