On Thursday 24 October 2002 04:23 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > > 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? >
on my sid box, home/end work just fine, in xterm, eterm, and aterm. file a bug for testing. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
