Use only left Alt key for "Meta key" (not AltGr)

• Reporter: (Anonymous)
• Owner: (None)
• Type: Bugs
• Status: Closed
• Component: Tera Term
• MileStone: (None)
• Priority: 5 - Medium
• Severity: 5 - Medium
• Resolution: Fixed
• File: None

Details Reply

I am using the option "Meta key" in "Keyboard setup", so that Alt can be used as meta key.

The problem is that regular chars (e.g. "|", which is "AltGr + <" on a german keyboard) are being send as ^[| now, instead of just "|" (according to "Ctrl-V, |").

I am not sure how other terminal emulators handle this; they probably only use the left/normal Alt key as meta key, but not AltGr.

The pipe symbol is quite an important symbol, so this makes the "Meta key" option quite unusable on a German keyboard layout, without applying workarounds to rebind Meta-| on the target system.

btw: Pressing "Alt + <" on a German keyboard does nothing locally (and will send ^[< correctly to the remote system).

Ticket History (3/5 Histories)

2010-12-03 18:00 Updated by: None

• New Ticket "Use only left Alt key for "Meta key" (not AltGr)" created

2011-03-08 00:33 Updated by: (del#1144)

• Milestone Update from (None) to Tera Term 4.70 (closed)

2011-04-08 00:27 Updated by: (del#1144)

Comment Reply

The "Meta key" setting is extended, on/off/left/right.

Could you please check "left" setting to enable "Meta key" only left alt key.

http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/snapshot/snapshot-20110408.zip

2011-06-16 09:01 Updated by: None

• Milestone Tera Term 4.70 (closed) is closed

2011-06-16 14:14 Updated by: (del#1144)

• Resolution Update from None to Fixed
• Status Update from Open to Closed
• Ticket Close date is changed to 2011-06-16 14:14
• Milestone Update from Tera Term 4.70 (closed) to (None)