Kurt, bash uses the 'readline' library. This library supports a rebinding of keys. The library reads the file '~/.inputrc' when it starts and reads commands to rebind keys. You can read the 'readline' man page for full details. At any rate, create the file ~/.inputrc and in it put: "\e[1~": beginning-of-line "\e[3~": delete-char "\e[4~": end-of-line That should do the trick. Also, here's a small c program which will read raw bytes that you type. This is what I used to find out the above. Note that it's up to you to translate the hex bytes into the "appropriate" string. You can compile it with 'make readkb' if you save the file as readkb.c. Type 'x' to quit the program. kurt klingbeil wrote: > What I'm really dying to know, is why the Home, End, and Del keys > are not config'ed, out of the box, to do the right things in bash. > Shit, it's hard to take that doskey would out-function bash in _any_ > respects. Of course, one could use ^a, ^e, and ??, and/or dig out > the keymapping docs and try to rectify that, but I must have some > kinda mental block about it and can't believe it doesn't bug > everyone else and at least one person enough to have fixed it. > > Maybe I've just been using Gatesware too much ?? > It does seem like a basic completeness issue. > > I've just started using debian. It's very cool! > > kk > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- Jens B. Jorgensen jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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