[dev] Re: [PATCH] Remove ncurses meta() call.

From: Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen_AT_sdaoden.eu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:11:29 +0200

Kevin J. McCarthy wrote in
 <20260628121054.m5zd_s6M_AT_8t8.us>:
 |On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 08:47:44AM +0200, Rene Kita wrote:
 |>On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 01:20:46PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
 |>[...]
 |>> In addition to xterm and foot, I've also tested ghostty, alacritty, \
 |>> kitty,
 |>> and gnome-terminal. Those last four seem unaffected by the change. If
 |>> there are other terminals anyone can suggest (that don't involve \
 |>> too many
 |>> dependencies) I'll be glad to try them out too.
 |>
 |>I use st[0], don't know if has a large enough user base to be relevant.
 |>But it's quite popular in my bubble.
 |>
 |>[0]: https://st.suckless.org/
 |
 |Thanks Rene. I've tested st and it has no problems. Both with and
 |without the meta() call, it send Esc-prefixed with the alt-key.

I am using it for years, too. 'Could be it is the culprit for
changing things in my xorg[<>dwm]<>st/tmux<>bash setup by removing
zero-width characters; ie if i paste something and use wc(1) -c,
then copy+paste it again things have changed.
It is ok in that my own stuff is just equally bad. But is not "no
problems", generally speaking.

--steffen
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