Your precious input suggested me an idea and I decided to check with the old xmodmap which kinda bindings I might have for those keys.I don't exactly know if xmodmap output might be valid for CLI as well, but here's what I got by running "xmodmap -" Home ---> ^[OH End ---> ^[OF
Now I tried to bind those results, but without success :( as the following combinations work inside xterm, but *not* in CLI (kinda puzzling indeed, as the same "xmodmap -" shows your same escape sequence for Del ^[[3~ which also works in CLI): bind '^[OH'=beginning-of-line bind '^[OF'=end-of-line SO... I explored your way (Ctrl-V) and got these results on CLI: Ctrl-V+Home ---> ^[[7~ Ctrl-V+End ---> ^[[8~ The immediate try with "bind '^[[7~'=beginning-of-line" led to an effectively working Home, adding a tilde every keypress. So I decided to copy your way for Del and to define "^[[7" as a prefix with "bind '^[[7'=prefix-1" as prefix-2 was already busy with Del; and then again "bind '^[[7~'=beginning-of-line"; you know what??? IT WORKED! Now the problem becomes End, as I also discovered that there's no such thing as prefix-0, prefix-3, etc... just prefix-1 (now busy for Home) and prefix-2 (already booked for Del). So, in this long story these are the results: Del: always working in CLI and xterm (using ^[[3~ and prefix-2 technique) Home: working in CLI with ^[[7~ using prefix-1, but not working in xterm; working in xterm with ^[OH but not working in CLI End: not working with ^[[8~ because there are no more prefix-? to use; working in xterm with ^[OF but not working in CLI Now I'm getting REALLY puzzled.... ...any more clues??? THX > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Paolo Aglialoro <paol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > thanks, first of all. Del key is now working marvellously :) >> > (btw, is this hack valid cross platform?) >> > >> > Instead Home and End are still stuck... buy, maybe, this could be due to >> the >> > fact that where I'm experimenting is a laptop (dell latitude L400) and >> I'm >> > getting respectively Home with Fn+PgUp and End with Fn+PgDn. >> >> Those happen to be the bindings that worked on my system. >> >> The best way to fix your system is to bind to whatever keycodes the >> buttons make. This is probably accomplished by typing bind 'ctrl-V >> home'=beginning-of-line. >> >> ctrl-v escapes the next button you press.
