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Support using option key on MacOS for Escape-Codes

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#127,764 opened on Jul 1, 2021

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Description

Since there is "terminal.integrated.macOptionIsMeta", I would like to request the possibility to use the option key on MacOS for Escape-Codes, like in iTerm2:

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I have a lot of ZSH widgets bound to opt+X shortcuts, that don't work in the integrated terminal as long as this feature is not supported.

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Research direction
Investigate how macOS Option key is currently handled in VS Code's integrated terminal and implement escape code generation similar to iTerm2. Look at the terminal settings and key mapping code.
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typescript
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3
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1-2 days
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