ultrix man page for meta

meta(3cur)																meta(3cur)

Name
       meta - force the number of significant bits on input

Syntax
       meta(win, bf)
       WINDOW *win;
       bool bf;

Description
       This  function  forces  the  user's terminal to return 7 or 8 significant bits on input.  To force 8 bits to be returned, invoke with as To
       force 7 bits to be returned, invoke with as

       The window argument is always ignored, but it must still be a valid window to avoid compiler errors.

																	meta(3cur)