On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:
> Hugh Sasse wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:
>
> > If I invoke an xterm from my session, using it with Exceed
> > version 8, I get a different kind of bug, namely that moving left
> > with the cursor key takes me out of insert mode and removes the
> > rightmost character from the display.
>
> This isn't a bug. It just means that the termcap/terminfo entry doesn't
Sorry, that was badly phrased.
> provide the right entries that allow the key sequences output by the
> arrow keys to be bound to the motion commands you want. You can do
> this yourself; the easiest way to find out the key sequence output by
> an arrow key is to use `cat -v'.
Where should I look to see how the correct "out of the box" behaviour
is defined? If I'm to modify PuTTY's terminfo till it works correctly,
I will need to know what the definition of "correct" is. I know that
bash allows subsequent key bindings, and that I can customise things
afterwards.
>
> Chet
Thank you,
Hugh
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