Re: terminals again.

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Mark Pondered:
> Somehow I've managed to configure my terminal so that when I ssh to
> another box and user vi or emacs (but, not when I use bash) the 
> cursor keys don't work.
> 
> How is this even possible?

/usr/local/bin/bash most likely has some kind of fudge in the code that lets
it read multiple types of encoding to result with arrow keys. $TERM may be the
culprit or the terminal software you're using. Within emacs does
ctl+a/ctl+n/ctl+e work for cursor movement?

-Jon
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Jonathan Katz, J. Random Guy.

• terminals again. Mark Fowler 11:46 on 24 Mar 2004
  • Re: terminals again. Jonathan Katz 13:28 on 24 Mar 2004
  • Mark Fowler 17:49 on 24 Mar 2004
    • Matt McLeod 01:09 on 25 Mar 2004
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