[racket] Alt/Option key as meta on Mac

Oh, I should have done that long ago. I've pushed something that lets you
use alt as meta. The docs are wrong, tho, because even with the release
version you should be able to use command as meta (not that you really want
to...)

Robby


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:43 PM, <jab at math.brown.edu> wrote:

> Hey Racket Users,
>
> Just trying Racket for the first time, and very excited to finally be
> learning it! I've been wanting to for years.
>
> Just had my first encounter with DrRacket, and am trying to get
> comfortable with keyboard input. According to
> http://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket/Keyboard_Shortcuts.html,
>
> On Windows and Mac OS X, Meta is only available through the Escape key.
>>
>
> Sorry to see it's not possible to bind the Alt/Option key to Meta, as it
> is with e.g. Terminal.app, as it would be a huge usability win; the Escape
> key on most keyboards is one of the hardest to reach, aggravating RSI the
> world over. In
> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users/archive/2010-August/041085.html, a
> post from 2010, Matthew Flatt alludes to adding support for Option as Meta
> after a soon-coming GUI rewrite, but I found no further mention of it here,
> on GitHub (https://github.com/plt/racket/search?q=meta&type=issues), or
> elsewhere.
>
> Just thought I'd inquire again about the possibility. On the off chance
> it's a matter of submitting a newcomer-friendly patch, I'd be delighted to
> give it a shot.
>
> Thanks for reading, and thanks for the great work on Racket.
>
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