Please add terminal.integrated.linuxMetaIsCtrl setting

[mitar]

I have my regular terminal (Terminal on Ubuntu) configured so that pressing Super (also known as Meta key in VSCode) key acts like a Ctrl key. E.g., when I press Super+C it sends interrupt key to the terminal. In this way I get regular Ctrl key free to use for UI shortcuts (e.g., when I press Ctrl+C I get clipboard copy). In this way I have similar experience to what macOS provides.

I would like to configure the same for the integrated terminal. To me it looks like it would only need to map pressing the Super/Meta key to the Ctrl key. But just for the purposes of the terminal and not keyboard shortcuts (even when focused inside the terminal). Based on existing terminal.integrated.macOptionIsMeta i would like to ask for the terminal.integrated.linuxMetaIsCtrl key.

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[Tyriar]

I have my regular terminal (Terminal on Ubuntu) configured so that pressing Super (also known as Meta key in VSCode) key acts like a Ctrl key.

I just checked gnome terminal and couldn't find this in preferences. How did you configure this?

[mitar]

See this patch: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/276

[Tyriar]

@mitar oh you're using a custom build of VTE? I probably wouldn't want to move ahead with this until I see the feature in some other terminal to avoid bloating and making the terminal more complex for a feature that will rarely see use.

[mitar]

I mean, this is just me. But others have expressed similar needs in the past: #57083 #47616 It is not all exactly the same, but it shows that different people have different reasons/needs/configurations how they get to this (is it a question of their windows manager, or inputrc configuration). I have opted to use this only inside the terminal but not elsewhere. Given that there is already terminal.integrated.macOptionIsMeta, I think terminal.integrated.linuxMetaIsCtrl is a similar lift, no? Gnome Terminal does not have that option either.

[Tyriar]

Well gnome terminal doesn't run on mac and mac option is meta is a common option on iterm/Terminal.app. I don't think we would move forward on this until other prominent terminal(s) have a similar option. In the meantime I think you can create a set of keybindings to use super (I think super is supported). For example the below is an example which maps ctrl+/ to send \u001f

	{
		"key": "ctrl+/",
		"command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
		"args": { "text": "\u001f" }
	}

More info: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_send-text-via-a-keybinding