If you’re in the default terminal app, you’ll need to go to the keyboard settings and change option to meta instead of the default :)
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 14:27, Haodong Du <duhd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I'm wondering if there is a way to enable meta key for vim on mac. I'm using > it from terminal. I read an earlier post in the mail list about MavVim.app > GUI. But I want to stick to the stock Vim. What I have found out working: > > 1. NeoVim works with <M-x> out of the box. Of course you need to turn on Meta > emulation of your terminal. > 2. Vim works with <M-n>-->˜ kind of mapping when turning meta emulation off. > 3. Vim works with <ESC>n kind of mapping when turning meta emulation on. > > So far, my best option seems to use <ESC>n types of mapping. But not sure if > this kind of mapping works with linux or not. Also for plugins using Meta, I > have to remap manually. I hope there are better options to have Meta natively > on Mac. > > Regards, > Haodong Du > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_mac" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/7a504a47-a86e-43a9-b017-b3ed4ce5ede1n%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/7a504a47-a86e-43a9-b017-b3ed4ce5ede1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_mac+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_mac/F0_yNBdm9hBt8ZgX1RDXu8I-5uFopBB_q5BHixOBlyH9uhqnfI204PnG1oqI8LupSlq_jy5TQVgdWzMEWcQaYtjma_9qKZNU0nLJ_bnJ9BA%3D%40monokro.me.
