1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/panes.zig b/src/panes.zig
index 88e6a8ea..93abae30 100644
--- a/src/panes.zig
+++ b/src/panes.zig
@@ -6803,7 +6803,20 @@ pub const Terminal = struct {
                 .consumed_mods = .{ .shift = key.text.len > 0 and key.shift },
                 .utf8 = text,
                 .unshifted_codepoint = if (key.cp >= 'A' and key.cp <= 'Z') key.cp - 'A' + 'a' else if (key.cp < Key.up) key.cp else 0,
-            }, input.KeyEncodeOptions.fromTerminal(&state.vt)) catch return;
+            }, options: {
+                var opts = input.KeyEncodeOptions.fromTerminal(&state.vt);
+                // fromTerminal cannot know this one and says so, defaulting to
+                // "option is not alt" — right for an app that lets macOS do the
+                // unicode translation and hands the encoder the composed text.
+                // Every pardes shell resolves the modifier itself and hands the
+                // core the BASE key with the alt bit and no text at all (see
+                // PardesView.keyDown, and app.mjs doing the same with the same
+                // two bits), so by the time this runs alt already means alt.
+                // Left at the default, a macOS build drops the ESC prefix on
+                // the floor and forwards Alt-n to the child as a bare `n`.
+                opts.macos_option_as_alt = .true;
+                break :options opts;
+            }) catch return;
             if (writer.end > 0) p.emit(.{ .write = .{ .pane = @intCast(id), .bytes = .from(writer.buffered()) } });
             return;
         }