Re: What I've learned about xterm arrow keys (Was: Re: [SLUG] xterm arr ow kes mystery)

[Herbert Xu <herbert@nospam.gondor.apana.org.au>]

luke@nospam.research.canon.com.au wrote:

> O-kay, if you're sure.  I'll give it a try.  But terminfo says:

>        keypad_local              rmkx   ke   leave 'key­
>                                              board_transmit' mode
>        keypad_xmit               smkx   ks   enter 'key­
>                                              board_transmit' mode

> And I'm talking about the arrow keys on the main keyboard, not the ones
> on the numeric keypad.  These sound like the NumLock on/off sequences
> to me.  Are you sure?

Yes, to make xterm emit ^[O[ABCD] when you press the arrow keys, send smkx.
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