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From: mrose@stsci.EDU (Mike Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Binding key-chords to arbitrary 8-bit values
Message-ID: <2464@stsci.EDU>
Date: 10 Apr 91 01:14:30 GMT
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore MD
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Does anyone know a program that would allow me to specify what 8-bit
value a key-chord will produce?

What I'm trying to do is get a "meta" key in a terminal emulator.
Meta behaves like control or shift, and when held down with another
key it sets the high bit of the character.  Holding down control and
meta while pressing a character must also work.  

A good VTxxx terminal emulator with support for this built in would be
perfect.  VersaTerm Pro has something like this, but the characters it
generates have nothing to do with the key labels, and they cannot be
changed.  It also doesn't allow control-meta characters.

Thanks,

Mike
mrose@stsci.edu