From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 11:41:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 347F816A41F for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:41:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844F743D49 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:41:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [82.41.37.55] ([82.41.37.55]) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:42:17 +0100 Message-ID: <42D64F6D.1060201@dial.pipex.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:41:33 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050530 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us, pl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Lee References: <20050714110919.GB77560@kirk.dlee.org> In-Reply-To: <20050714110919.GB77560@kirk.dlee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jul 2005 11:42:18.0030 (UTC) FILETIME=[167F1CE0:01C58869] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Left/right arrow and backspace translation confusion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:41:36 -0000 Doug Lee wrote: >This one is making me feel dumb...I've been using FreeBSD for at least >six years but I can't seem to figure this out... > >I have two FreeBSD systems running 4.10/4.11 (these problems have >plagued me through several versions though). On one system, arrows >and backspace work as expected, but on the other, left/right arrows in >vi cause havock (extra characters and a switch from command to insert >mode), and backspace in Lynx, Mutt, etc., backs up but leaves >characters intact instead of clearing them. > One thing to check is that both keyboards are actually producing the same codes for your keys. They probably are, but... Just type "cat" and then press the arrow keys on each system. Finish with Enter^D Also, what does "echo $term" show? Identical termcap files don't help if your terms are different :-) Is there anything different about the .login or .cshrc between the machines? --Alex