On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 07:18:17PM +0300, Pavel Tsekov wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Anton Monroe wrote: > > >My own problem is using MC when SSH-ing from OS/2 to a Linux machine. > >I've tried 'mc -x' and a variety of $TERM settings on each end in an > >unsystematic way, but haven't hit on a combination that works well. > > > >Don't worry, I'm not asking the MC developers to solve that problem. > >But if anyone has some hints or pointers to sources of information about > >terminal problems, we could add them to the FAQ file. > > First of all - what is that problem ?
Argh. I wasn't very clear, was I? The context was the thread about the screen command and getting various PF keys to work correctly. Depending on how I configure SSH, $TERM, and MC, certain keys don't do anything, or they print control sequences. Using TERM=xterm or TERM=xterm-color comes closest to getting the keys right, but it causes beeping noises (when the screen redraws?). It must be just a matter of experimenting until I get the terminal settings right. Or maybe write a custom Terminfo file, but I'll have to do a lot of studying to learn how. Coming from the DOS/Windows/OS2 world, terminal emulation is a dark and bloody mystery to me. Maybe someday, someone will write a diagnostic program that will make it easier. It could prompt the user to press keys and read what sequences are received; then send sequences to the terminal and ask the user what he sees on the screen; then give some suggestions about what $TERM settings to use. I discovered that 'showkey -a' is useful for seeing what sequence a keypress actually sends. That helped me hack the configuration file for OS/2's SSH client a little. Anton _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
