Re: vterm and Meta?

[Akib Azmain Turja]

hw <hw@adminart.net> writes:

> On Wed, 2023-08-02 at 01:01 +0600, Akib Azmain Turja wrote:
>> hw <hw@adminart.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > I'm trying out vterm and it turns out that I can't use the ESC key
>> > when within a vterm buffer: i. e. I don't have the meta key anymore
>> > because that gets sent to the terminal rather than emacs.
>> > 
>> > According to [1], I could maybe remove the ESC key from vterm-mode-map
>> > --- but it seems desirable to be able to use the ESC key for programs
>> > that might run in vterm.
>> > 
>> > How do you deal with this?  Do you use another key for the meta key
>> > other programs are less likely to make use of than the ESC key?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > [1]: https://github.com/akermu/emacs-libvterm#shell-side-configuration
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> I use Eat BTW.
>
> Eat?  Is that another terminal for emacs?

Yes.  https://codeberg.org/akib/emacs-eat  :D
Disclaimer:  I'm the author.  ;)

>
>> Eat doesn't bind 'ESC', instead it binds 'ESC ESC' to
>> send ESC.  This allows me to send meta-keys.  When I need to send ESC, I
>> just press ESC twice.
>
> So do you also need to use ESC as Meta key?

I usually use Alt as Meta key, but I can also use ESC as the meta
(though I hardly do that, Alt is easier for me).

>> I believe this can be done in Vterm too.
>
> Perhaps it can ...  It would be easier if I could use Alt instead of
> ESC for Meta.  How could I do that?

VTerm is a nice terminal emulator, but it's key bindings are kinda
messed up IMHO.  You need to fix it yourself.  It isn't tough, but I
forgot exactly how to do it.

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