From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: zsh-workers-request@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by coral.primenet.com.au (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA14281 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:46:57 +1100 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA01091; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:39:51 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:39:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:40:33 -0800 (PST) From: Bart Schaefer Message-Id: <961126164137.ZM6693911@srf-89.nbn.com> In-Reply-To: Zefram "Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings." (Nov 26, 6:09pm) References: <11256.199611261809@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> reply-to: schaefer@brasslantern.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail for Macintosh (3.3.1 27Mar96) To: Zefram Subject: Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings. Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"NtQex2.0.zG.Mtuco"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2489 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu 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.