Meta key won't work in emacs

When I run emacs in the terminal I have to use the escape key as the meta key, even though I have "use option key as meta key" selected in the terminal options. Any suggestions?

I'm not an emacs user, but I think mac-command-key-is-meta is not supported by the console version of emacs pre-installed in MacOSX.
But,
When I run emacs in the terminal I have to use the escape key as the meta key, even though I have "use option key as meta key" selected in the terminal options.
This is strange. It works for me. If "use option key as meta key" is On, then "hitting option and V simultaneously" is equivalent to "hitting ESC and then V sequentially". If ESC V (two key strokes) works in your emacs (scroll back 1 page), then option-V (single key storke) should also work.
Are you sure you are using the option (not command) key?
Are you hitting the option key simultaneously with the other key?
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