On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 04:00:19PM +0200, Paul Evans wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 > Severity: normal > > > Since nearly a year ago now, Ctrl-arrow keys have not sent a control > sequence that vim / bash / etc... can properly recognise as such. > > E.g. in bash/vim, Ctrl+Left/Right is supposed to move a whole word in "supposed to" sounds like a user configuration issue (in this case it is). > the indicated direction. Running this from a Linux VC works, as does > gnome-terminal. But running it in a real xterm causes bash(readline) to > print ;5D rather than move the cursor, and causes vim all variety of > bugs, depending on what sort of machine is running that vim. Linux's > vim simply returns to normal mode. Solaris' vim deletes the line above > the current one. See xterm's manpage where it documents modifyCursorKeys. (ignoring the misleading comment about Linux console, the issue with gnome-terminal is that it copied xterm's behavior some time ago and did not incorporate this particular fix). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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