<p>Since Terminal appeared I've saved as ~/mySrvr.term a modified stock .term file
which opens to execute an ssh to a remote server and to modify the appearance.
I have NOT been able to save "use option key as meta" for emacs-ery; there's no slot for it
in the term file and I'm reluctant to wrestle with a keyboard dictionary file.
Am I missing something simple?  How do I get option-as-meta to stick between sessions?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

Not sure if this helps, but when I go Shell -> Export Settings and save the file as a .terminal file, there are a few lines that save my option-as-meta preference:
```
```
<key>useOptionAsMetaKey</key>
<true/>
```
```
These lines are for a .terminal preference file, not for a .term (which is pretty hard to Google for) so they may not be what you're looking for.