Re: Home and end keys (was Re: Make Debian better)
csj wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:40:36 -0500
> "Jamin W.Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:07:48 +0200 Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > > - broken home/end keys in bash in xterm (even in Woody)
> >
> > Sounds like a possible reason to use RXVT... never noticed that it's
> > broken in xterm as I've been using RXVT since before I moved to
> > Debian. However, I did just try it on my (mostly) Sarge system and
> > Home and End work just fine in xterm *shrug*
>
> A non-problemo for me. I didn't even realize those keys were supposed to
> work! Now what's wrong with Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E?
To activate the Home and End keys (dedicated or keypad ones) in xterm,
press ctrl+button 2 (mouse left+right) to get the xterm "VT Options"
menu, then select "Enable Application Cursor Keys". Alternatively,
type: echo -n "^[[?1h", where ^[ is the literal ESC character.
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