Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 19:16:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Aaron Peterson <aaron@alpete.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen and VI Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1030524184759.27251F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <E19Jhm2-0003dv-00@host02.ipowerweb.com>
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On Sat, 24 May 2003, Aaron Peterson wrote: > > > Anyone know why, while in screen if i move the cursor (arrow key on > > > keyboard) right i get the letter C ? (inside vi) > > -- > > > I've personally been wondering why some keys don't seem to work for me > > at the console or anywhere else for freebsd. the primary offenders are > > the non-alphanumerics like backspace often gives me "~" instead of a > > backspace, The home/end pgup/pgdown and arrow keys in vi give me fits, > > etc... did i choose the wrong keyboard type at some point? i've looked > > through the keyboard configuration options in sysinstall but other > > choices seemed worse rather than better. i don't think that's what i'm > > looking for is it? > > > > aaron > -- > > okay, a little white lie there --> del produces the "~"s not backspace :) It seems that many people, using many editors, often have trouble with the Insert, Delete, Home, End, PgUp and PgDn keys. I think this may have something to do with the fact that Unix editors generally were designed for use with a terminal, which doesn't have these keys. Unfortunately I can't offer any idea why the arrow keys don't work properly - they always have for me - but I generally don't even try to use the Silly Six keys in any Unix editor. Instead, I use the Ctrl-whatever keys that the editor wants (e.g., ^V in pico rather than PgDn, or shift-A in vi rather than End). -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
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