From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@nbn.com>
To: Zefram <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings.
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:40:33 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <961126164137.ZM6693911@srf-89.nbn.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Zefram <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> "Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings." (Nov 26, 6:09pm)
On Nov 26, 6:09pm, Zefram wrote:
> Subject: Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings.
>
> >> One better: I don't use cursor keys at all. Their behaviour is too
> >> inconsistent to rely on them. (The terminals that I regularly use
> >> don't generate ANSI escape sequences, so they wouldn't work in
ZLE.)
> >
> >But they do generate some kind of escape sequence, right?
>
> No. Actually, I usually use a couple of Lear Siegler ADM 3E
> terminals. These generate ^H for left, ^J for down, ^K for up[1] and
> ^L for right.
Ah, yes, back at OGI we used to have some Qume terminals with this
bizarre behavior.
> Personally I
> would miss using right arrow to clear the screen, if it were to be
> rebound.
Chuckle.
I agree that zsh should be intelligent about this sort of thing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-11-27 0:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-11-26 12:43 Duncan Sinclair
1996-11-26 12:53 ` Zefram
[not found] ` <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
1996-11-26 17:33 ` Bart Schaefer
1996-11-26 18:09 ` Zefram
1996-11-27 0:40 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
1996-11-27 18:21 Duncan Sinclair
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