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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:19:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Two questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121218200.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.990412195726.5120B-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>

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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Ben Cohen wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote:
> 
> >> Firstly, when using some applications, particularly vi, in an xterm under
> >> X the numeric keypad produces garbage like 
> >> y 
> >> x 
> >> w 
> >> v 
> >> u 
> >> this when I try to use it to get numbers. 
> >
> >You _do_ have NumLock on, right?
> 
> Yes, I do.  The arrows seem to work OK when it NumLock is off.

Vi is kinda testy when it comes to the arrow keys.  I just tried it and it
got unhappy, although this is to a 2.2.6 machine via ssh.  I think the
termcap is munging it, but it does do it with stock xterm.

It works okay on the command line though.

Doug White                               
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