> > > To activate the Home and End keys (dedicated or keypad ones) in xterm, > > > press ctrl+button 2 (mouse left+right) to get the xterm "VT Options" > > > menu, then select "Enable Application Cursor Keys". Alternatively, > > > type: echo -n "^[[?1h", where ^[ is the literal ESC character.
Why do you have to activate them? What are you doing to deactivate them? > > Man, if you know how long I have been stuggling with this (and many users > > too). Why isn't this the standard in Debian (e.g. keys ought to do what > > you expect them to do, not just *beep*)? > > I'd been under the impression it was just a bug. xterms in unstable work > fine. As far as I can tell on many machines xterms in stable work fine. Perhaps they got broken in testing now fixed in unstable? Let me repeat myself. "If you just do a clean woody install the home and end keys work fine in an xterm in woody." Having said that I assume there must be a bug somewhere if so many users are reporting this as a problem. Bob
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