Change Profiles Keyboard preferences in Terminal on Mac

Use Keyboard preferences in Terminal to set the keyboard behaviour for a Terminal window profile.

To change these preferences in the Terminal app on your Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, click Profiles, select a profile, then click Keyboard.

Note: The options you choose in this preference pane apply only to the profile you select. They don’t apply to the Terminal app in general.

Option				Description
Key list				To modify a key, select it, click Edit, change the key settings, then click OK.
Add button				To create a new key, click the Add button under the function key list.
Remove button				To remove a key, select a key in the list, then click the Remove button under the function key list.
Use Option as Meta key				To have the Option key on the keyboard act as a meta key, select “Use option as meta key”. This is useful for computers running X11 and for some text editors.
Scroll alternate screen				To enable alternate screen scrolling, select “Scroll alternate screen”.

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