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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Emacs and "km" in Termcap entry
Keywords: Emacs, Termcap, km
Message-ID: <21123@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 6 Dec 89 00:08:13 GMT
References: <1989Dec4.193448.8295@agate.berkeley.edu>
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <1989Dec4.193448.8295@agate.berkeley.edu>
koonce@brahms.berkeley.edu (tim koonce) writes:
>...  So, the question is:
> -  What does the "km" entry mean?
> -  Should removing it mess up any other programs?

RTTM (Read The Termcap Manual):

	km	bool	Has a ``meta'' key (shift, sets parity bit)

Emacs assumes that a `km' terminal will send characters with `space'
parity unless the `meta' key is held down.  Emacs will interpret such
keys as if they were prefixed with ESC (`meta' in Emacs parlance).

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