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From: esj@harvee.billerica.ma.us (Eric S Johansson)
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Subject: Re: C Kermit and meta keys
References: <JASON.94Nov3134526@idiom.com> <1994Nov4.172840.32062@cc.usu.edu>
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In <1994Nov4.172840.32062@cc.usu.edu>, Joe Doupnik writes:
>In article <JASON.94Nov3134526@idiom.com>, jason@idiom.com (Jason Venner) writes:
>> Kermit does not seem to honor the meta key.
>> Is there a way to make it recongnize 8 bit characters and pass them through
>> to the remote side?
>>
> There isn't such a key. Perhaps you are still thinking of how
>Emacs chooses to interpret the local keyboard. Hint: ALT sends nothing,
>it only modifies other keypresses, and the modification has nothing at
>all to do with adding a high bit. Ditto Control and Shift. Emacs is
>wierd this way.
> Joe D.
well, in days long past, in RMS land, there were systems with
"meta" key as well as a "hyper" key. if I remember correctly,
"meta" did add 0x80 to each char.
--- eric
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