Emacs in Mac OS Lion terminal - map right command key to meta

Question

I just started using GNU Emacs on my Mac OS X Lion and I am trying to ease up my hand movement through various key bindings. Specifically, I want to be able to use the right command key for meta. The following code in my .emacs file does the trick for the standalone application (Emacs.app)

;;; cmd key for meta
(setq mac-option-key-is-meta nil
mac-command-key-is-meta t
mac-command-modifier 'meta
mac-option-modifier 'none)

(Snippet taken from this Superuser answer)

but does not work with emacs run in terminal mode. The meta there is still the alt/option key which I set from the Terminal.app preferences. When I disable this option key, I lose the meta key capability all together.

Any ideas?

steve ulrich steve ulrich · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-01T23:47:26

i'm not aware of terminal providing you with the ability to deal with the left/right command key mappings. iterm2 provides the means to accomplish what you're looking for there. albeit at a global basis for iterm2.

Emacs in Mac OS Lion terminal - map right command key to meta

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