# Rebugger stymied

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228 "2019-03-22T23:37:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lewis/32/5217_2.png) [@lewis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lewis)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228/1 "2019-03-22T23:37:47Z")

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Sometimes the most basic things stymy me. I can’t get Rebugger to run.

I have added JuliaInterpreter and Rebugger.

I try:  
using Rebugger

then, per the documentation I try:  
a = [4,3,1,2]  
sort(a) -i

On MacOS, I set meta to be the option key, so I am typing -i.

Not a thing happens.

I have also created a .jl file with a tiny function. I have done using Revise and then used includet to load the file. I run its function and try -i. Nada.

I think there is something funky about the meta key and the Julia repl.

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**Author:** ![tkoolen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tkoolen/32/1603_2.png) [@tkoolen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tkoolen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228/2 "2019-03-23T01:39:03Z")

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> If you’re on macOS, you may want to enable “[Use `option` as the Meta key](https://github.com/timholy/Rebugger.jl/issues/28#issuecomment-414852133)” in your Terminal settings to avoid the need to press Esc before each Rebugger command.

[Home · Rebugger.jl](https://timholy.github.io/Rebugger.jl/dev/#macOS-1)?

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**Author:** ![lewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lewis/32/5217_2.png) [@lewis](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lewis)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228/3 "2019-03-23T03:09:42Z")

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I mentioned that I did this and it didn’t solve the problem.

Thanks though…

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**Author:** ![tkoolen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tkoolen/32/1603_2.png) [@tkoolen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tkoolen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228/4 "2019-03-23T03:25:53Z")

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Missed that, sorry.

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**Author:** ![HenrikM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/henrikm/32/17975_2.png) [@HenrikM](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HenrikM)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rebugger-stymied/22228/5 "2019-03-27T08:45:14Z")

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Hello, I have a similar problem but no solution.

For me, `meta-e` works fine but `meta-i` does not work. In the Rebugger [docs](https://timholy.github.io/Rebugger.jl/stable/config/#Customize-keybindings-1) I found this:

```julia
julia> str = read(stdin, String)
^[i"\ei"

julia> str = read(stdin, String)
^[e"\ee"

```

This is when pressing `M-i C-d C-d` and `M-e C-d C-d`. So apparently the REPL gets the keystrokes. What to do now? What should I try next?