Re: Upcoming Debian Releases

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > |set convert-meta Off
> 
> This is a very annoying setting for US users as they can no longer use
> M- keys.  For example, M-b to go back a word.  They must use ESC-B.
> 
> Are we sure we want to do this?

I suppose it should be made truely 8-bit clean.  Users can always change
their local settings if they prefer.

Would it be possible to make these settings intelligently during install?
Perhaps check what kind of keyboard is in use or what the locale is?

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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