Re: Minor Problem Potpourri
T.E.Dickey (thru Deja) writes:
> your arrow keys are in normal mode, where the termcap says they're in
> application mode (a problem that happens when someone has removed the
> ti/te settings)
Hmm. On this basis, as a hack, I tried adding these codes (actually
smcap and rmcap for terminfo) from the xterm entry to the linux
terminfo definition from the xterm terminfo description (actually, I
tried both the smcap/rmcap pairs from IRIX and from Debian, as they
differed), to add to the linux term defs. Didn't work, of course.
8-) The entries probably aren't recognized or correct. But then I
note that none of the vt1xx/2xx/3xx entries have the smcap/rmcap
either.
Next gross ugly hack: change the terminfo arrow key defs for linux to
\EOA thru \EOD. Works like a charm.
But none of this answers the question: why/how did my arrow keys
change modes in the first place? why/how is this not accounted for in
the 'linux' terminfo entry? Are the ti/te settings actually broken,
or is something else amiss?
Yet all of that is moot compared to: "How do I fix it--the right way?"
-- John
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