On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:27:37PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > Sorry to bug you all with this, but things are getting too bloody on > c.o.l.m these days... > > I'm trying to run midnight commander under GNU screen running on xterm. > Works fine, except that shift-arrow keys insert sequences of characters, > rather than selecting text. I can't SEE any key-bindings for > shift-arrows, but I'm sure they're there somewhere. Probably has > something to do with termcap, but LOTS of searching and reading has > added nothing but confusion. Fails under etch (and also Mepis, FWIW). > Can anyone point me in a productive direction? > > BTW, mc works correctly when run directly on xterm. > I prefer using nano instead of the mc builtin editor, and I use fvwm, which has its own bindings for the shift-arrow keys. However, in the mc editor you can use F3 to mark the current location, and then highlight text with the arrows (without shift).
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