David, you seem to be referring to the GNU Screen `bind` and `bindkey` commands, which I don't think can help in this case, seeing how this binding is not done by GNU Screen.
I suspect Brian may be right, and this behavior is controlled by my terminal, which is xfce4-terminal version 0.8.7.3 It seems that other terminal emulators, including xterm and urxvt, have the same or similar sets of default bindings, e.g. Ctrl-3 to ^[ and Ctrl-4 to \^ On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 3:32 PM, David Woodfall <d...@dawoodfall.net> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 June 2018 14:21, > Dun Peal <dunpea...@gmail.com> put forth the proposition: >> The problem is that my terminal maps Ctrl-n, for certain values of n, >> to various escape sequences. >> >> For example,Ctrl-3 generates ^[ (escape), so it enters Copy Mode >> instead of switching to window 3. >> >> Ctrl-4 genertes \^ (FS, which is interpreted as SIGQUIT). >> >> Etc. >> >> Is there a way to "unmap" combinations like Ctrl-3, so they'll be >> interpreted the same as just pressing 3, and not as their current >> special escape meaning? >> >> Thanks, D. > > You can unbind keys by giving an empty bind or bindkey command. > > bind ^3 > > for example, may do it. > > The :bindkey command lists various lists of binds depending on the > flag you pass it. > > eg :bindkey -d lists the default map. > > See bindkey in the man page. > > -Dave > > -- > > ...Deep Hack Mode -- that mysterious and frightening state of > consciousness where Mortal Users fear to tread. > -- Matt Welsh > > .--. oo > (____)// > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
