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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@ifh.de>
To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (Zsh users list)
Cc: heiko_elger@arburg.com
Subject: Re: Xterm and CURSOR (INS && OVERRIDE)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:42:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808030842.KAA21451@hydra.ifh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "heiko_elger@arburg.com"'s message of "Mon, 03 Aug 1998 06:49:08 MST." <0000581F.@arburg.com>

heiko_elger@arburg.com wrote:
> Is it possible to send an escape sequence when pressing the INS key to change
>  
> the cursor in the XTERM (AIXTERM), e.x. INSERT MODE --> full cursor, OVERRIDE
>  
> MODE small cursor.

This shouldn't be a problem.  The usual trick applies:  use ^V, then
the INS key to see what escape sequence it's sending, then bind that.
In my case the incantation is

bindkey "^[[2~" overwrite-mode

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@ifh.de>       Tel: +39 50 844536
WWW:  http://www.ifh.de/~pws/
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  reply	other threads:[~1998-08-03  8:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-08-03  5:49 heiko_elger
1998-08-03  8:42 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
1998-08-03  8:53   ` Peter Stephenson
1998-08-05 22:03 ` Bart Schaefer

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