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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:36:37 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
To:        Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Getting keys mapped correctly
Message-ID:  <20011127163636.GB8434@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20011125223258.A9588@hostwiththemost>
References:  <20011125223258.A9588@hostwiththemost>

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On 2001-11-25 22:32:58, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> Hi, I'm having some difficulties getting things right when I'm at the
> console only. I run mutt and Emacs a lot. Most things work for me in the
> shell (bash) as a normal user. However, if I try to run Emacs and mutt I run
> into all kinds of trouble. Both look terrible, unless I switch TERM to
> scoansi (this is something Lehey's book mentions). Once I do that, keys work
> fine, and apps look okay. The only issue is: no color. Is there any way I
> can remedy this?  BTW, all is well when I do this from, say, Konsole or
> xterm in KDE.  I get color and the keys are working correctly. Term is
> xterm-color in these apps, BTW. 

If you're sitting on a FreeBSD console, then try setting your TERM to
`cons25'.  Most of the keys work for me in `cons25'.  If there are
some keys that do not work for you, then please be more specific :-)

-giorgos

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