Unix PC keyboard driver with meta key and other features (source)

[Ford Prefect]

By the way, here are some hints for using the meta key on the Unix PC
(assuming you have installed the nkbd driver posted in <161 at elgar.UUCP>).


1.  Make sure your stty settings include: -istrip -parenb cs8 (I think
those are the default (they are on my system) but if you have problems,
verify the above settings.)


2.  Modify the terminfo entry to include the 'km' capability.  (Do it
like this:

infocmp s4 | sed 's/xon,/km,/' > s4.ti
tic s4.ti
rm s4.ti

the above lines add the 'km' capability and remove the 'xon' capability,
which shouldn't have been there anyway.)  This causes emacs to
automatically (setq meta-flag t) when you're on the console.


3.  When calling out with cu and you want to use the meta key on the
remote system, you will need to use the cu command ~%nostop.  This
enables 8-bit (meta key) transmission as well as keyboard use of
control-S and control-Q on the remote system.  Make sure that you check
your stty settings on the remote system (see above).


If anyone has any questions/suggestions about my meta-modification (or
any other changes) to the keyboard driver, let me know.

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