Variable: terminal-escape-char

terminal-escape-char is a customizable variable defined in terminal.el.gz.

Value

30

Documentation

All characters except for this are passed verbatim through the terminal-emulator. This character acts as a prefix for commands to the emulator program itself. Type this character twice to send it through the emulator. Type ? after typing it for a list of possible commands. This variable is local to each terminal-emulator buffer.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/obsolete/terminal.el.gz
(defcustom terminal-escape-char ?\C-^
  "All characters except for this are passed verbatim through the
terminal-emulator.  This character acts as a prefix for commands
to the emulator program itself.  Type this character twice to send
it through the emulator.  Type ? after typing it for a list of
possible commands.
This variable is local to each terminal-emulator buffer."
  :type 'character)