Re: Home and end keys (was Re: Make Debian better)
High,
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Russell wrote:
> 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)
<snip>
> 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.
>
Man, if you know how long I have been stuggling with this (and many users
too). Why isn't this the standard in Debian (e.g. keys ought to do what
you expect them to do, not just *beep*)?
In which configuration file can this be set as default for all xterms?
Thanksthanksthanks,
Sebastiaan
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