From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1267 invoked from network); 28 Mar 1997 00:40:42 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Mar 1997 00:40:42 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA18037; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:28:41 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 19:28:21 -0500 (EST) From: (Zoltan T. Hidvegi) Message-Id: <9703272349.AA06632@lotto.fishkill.ibm.com> Subject: Re: strange xterm/vi/arrow_key behavior In-Reply-To: <199703272325.QAA05827@rzrback.fc.hp.com> from Andrew Wheeler at "Mar 27, 97 04:25:59 pm" To: awheeler@rzrback.fc.hp.com (Andrew Wheeler) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 18:49:39 -0500 (EST) Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"iH61c.0.XN4.a2nEp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/772 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Andrew Wheeler wrote: > using an xterm, the arrow keys work fine; however, if I 'vi' in that > window and exit the arrow recall no longer works - I get a single The ti termcap sequence changes the escape sequence sent by the arrow keys on some terminals. Try echotc te, it may get your cursor keys working again. In that case echotc ti will have the same effect as vi, ie. the arrow keys will stop working after echotc ti. If that's the case, it is really a vi bug, since vi should output the te sequence before exiting. Zoltan