From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7700 invoked from network); 3 Aug 1998 08:52:52 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 Aug 1998 08:52:52 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id EAA15314; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 04:43:53 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 04:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199808030842.KAA21451@hydra.ifh.de> X-Authentication-Warning: hydra.ifh.de: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (Zsh users list) Cc: heiko_elger@arburg.com Subject: Re: Xterm and CURSOR (INS && OVERRIDE) In-reply-to: "heiko_elger@arburg.com"'s message of "Mon, 03 Aug 1998 06:49:08 MST." <0000581F.@arburg.com> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:42:12 +0200 From: Peter Stephenson Resent-Message-ID: <"rYOa_3.0.af3.cTNnr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1697 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu 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 Tel: +39 50 844536 WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Gruppo Teorico, Dipartimento di Fisica Piazza Torricelli 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy