From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 24 16:17:03 2003 Return-Path: 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 E125E37B401 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 16:17:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A4943F75 for ; Sat, 24 May 2003 16:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from localhost (faro [192.168.1.7]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA68241; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:16:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 19:16:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill X-Sender: chris@localhost To: Aaron Peterson In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen and VI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 23:17:04 -0000 On Sat, 24 May 2003, Aaron Peterson wrote: > > > Anyone know why, while in screen if i move the cursor (arrow key on > > > keyboard) right i get the letter C ? (inside vi) > > -- > > > I've personally been wondering why some keys don't seem to work for me > > at the console or anywhere else for freebsd. the primary offenders are > > the non-alphanumerics like backspace often gives me "~" instead of a > > backspace, The home/end pgup/pgdown and arrow keys in vi give me fits, > > etc... did i choose the wrong keyboard type at some point? i've looked > > through the keyboard configuration options in sysinstall but other > > choices seemed worse rather than better. i don't think that's what i'm > > looking for is it? > > > > aaron > -- > > okay, a little white lie there --> del produces the "~"s not backspace :) It seems that many people, using many editors, often have trouble with the Insert, Delete, Home, End, PgUp and PgDn keys. I think this may have something to do with the fact that Unix editors generally were designed for use with a terminal, which doesn't have these keys. Unfortunately I can't offer any idea why the arrow keys don't work properly - they always have for me - but I generally don't even try to use the Silly Six keys in any Unix editor. Instead, I use the Ctrl-whatever keys that the editor wants (e.g., ^V in pico rather than PgDn, or shift-A in vi rather than End). -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]