Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 01:00:19 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ksh93: different emacs mode behaviour in xterm and console Message-ID: <20010503010019.A12774@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010402071002.A1145@moo.holy.cow>; from parv_@yahoo.com on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 07:10:03AM -0400 References: <20010402071002.A1145@moo.holy.cow>
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so, me shared this in sometime in my lifetime...
> on plain old console (TERM=cons25):
> - before setting emacs mode:
> M-h produces visible character 'h' instead of deleting current word
> C-w works like M-h
>
> - after setting emacs mode
> M-h does not work as stated in man ksh(1); produces character 'h'
> C-w behaves like C-u (unix-line-discard, from man bash(1))
>
> in a xterm (${TERM:0:5}=xterm):
> - before emacs mode:
> M-h produces ^[h character
> C-w works like M-h
>
> - after emacs mode:
> M-h works as stated in man ksh(1);
> C-w works like C-u
>
>
> also, i am not binding any keys, just relying on default behaviour;
> i wish i could use ksh93 in console too after setting emacs mode.
>
> btw, am using FreeBSD 4.3-RC as of Mar 31 4.38a est 2001; ksh is
> "ksh 93" (tried both from the ports and built from ast-open sources).
>
> what could be the cause of M-h not working under/in console after setting
> emacs mode?
so a few days ago i logged on a sunOS/solaris 2.5[1] at work and
found only sh and ksh. after sending ksh thru' strings i see that its a
88 version not 93...which got me curious to test "delete-last-word" key(s)
... and i found that a particular combination (of meta[2], "alt", with w or
h) works okay after some T&E (trial and error). (i will post it later
today after i return from work.) ...that got me thinking about
the above problem.
anyway ... the "problem" seem to be confusion/ignorance about just
which key(s) generate the "meta" key. in TERM=cons25, "esc, h" does
the "delete-last-word" properly... which also happen to work in
${TERM:0:5}=xterm properly. it's just that "alt+h" also works in
a xterm (clone). and, let the truth be told, i was expecting "alt"
to be treated as "meta" key in ksh in console and didn't even
thought of using "esc"... guess i didn't read the man page carefully
at the time of the "problem", was too concentrated on description
of "M-h" -- which ... ummm ... clearly >gulp< states/implies that
"esc" generates the "meta" key...
sorry for the long confession style problem resolution ... i think
perlmonks.com's recent postings are getting to me.
[1] the sun os has various pieces of software containing references to both
solaris and sunOS.
[2] i use teraterm to telnet to it on ultraSparc ii and teraterm has the
option to use meta key, unlike tvnt iirc
- parv
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