Re: [dev] [st] [PATCH] 8bit-meta like xterm

From: Otto Modinos <ottomodinos_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:36:59 +0300

No I mean when binding a key to meta, it doesn't work. I have <M-j> and
<M-k> for example to move lines up and down and well, it doesn't work when
sending an escape sequence as meta.


On 23 April 2013 15:23, <random832_AT_fastmail.us> wrote:

> **
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013, at 7:51, Otto Modinos wrote:
>
> It means first of all vim. I have also tried mocp, and that didn't work
> either. What apps are you using that work?
>
>
> Huh? Vim doesn't have any keybindings that use meta.
>
> Wait a minute... what exactly do you _expect_ meta to do? Using (for
> example) meta-a to type 0xE1 "a with acute" is _not_, in fact, the expected
> or intended behavior; it is a bug. And I don't think it will even work with
> UTF-8 applications, and st is an exclusively UTF-8 terminal.
>
> What I expect meta to do is for example in irssi meta-a goes to the next
> window with activity, meta-1 goes to window 1, etc.
>
> --
> Random832
>
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