T.E.Dickey (thru Deja) writes: > your arrow keys are in normal mode, where the termcap says they're in > application mode (a problem that happens when someone has removed the > ti/te settings)
Hmm. On this basis, as a hack, I tried adding these codes (actually smcap and rmcap for terminfo) from the xterm entry to the linux terminfo definition from the xterm terminfo description (actually, I tried both the smcap/rmcap pairs from IRIX and from Debian, as they differed), to add to the linux term defs. Didn't work, of course. 8-) The entries probably aren't recognized or correct. But then I note that none of the vt1xx/2xx/3xx entries have the smcap/rmcap either. Next gross ugly hack: change the terminfo arrow key defs for linux to \EOA thru \EOD. Works like a charm. But none of this answers the question: why/how did my arrow keys change modes in the first place? why/how is this not accounted for in the 'linux' terminfo entry? Are the ti/te settings actually broken, or is something else amiss? Yet all of that is moot compared to: "How do I fix it--the right way?" -- John
