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From: tsf@theory.cs.cmu.edu (Timothy Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Metaflag + rlogin on Sun3
Message-ID: <1005@theory.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 13:46:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 11 13:46:42 1986
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Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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Keywords: Meta keys

The problem with meta keys not working over rlogin is that the rlogin
only passes seven bits per character, thus losing the meta bit.

I have a fix for this.  It is a little filter that translates the key
stroke meta-x to the pair of keys ESC-x for all x.  I use it as a
filter whenever I'm using telnet or rlogin, and the behavior of the
meta keys is correct if I'm using an emacs-like tool on the remote
machine.  (I'm using it this instant, as a matter of fact.)

If you're interested in this, send me mail.  If there is sufficient
interest, I'll post it to mod.sources, otherwise I'll respond to the
mail requests individually.

Tim Freeman

Arpanet: tsf@theory.cs.cmu.edu