Re: Cursor producing ^[[C

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost>]

On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 07:52:16PM +0200, 
bsieker%techfak.uni-bielefeld.de@localhost wrote:
> On 05.05.98, 16:39:49, Georges Heinesch wrote:
> > How can I configure the cursor to work properly using NetBSD 1.3. It
> > prints terminal output (e.g. ^[[C) instead of moving the cursor
> > around. I guess it's possible to move inside a line (right - left)
> > with the cursor, isn't it?
> 
> This is a matter of which shell you use. Most advanced shells (the most
> commonly used ones being bash and tcsh) have command-line-editing
...
> 
> Neither of bash and tcsh is included with the NetBSD distribution, but
> it should be easy to build and install them on your system.

The Posix sh included with netbsd does use it, if line editing is enabled.
The tcsh as build or installed out of the package archive source/binaries
does it, too, as do vi, emacs, etc.

        -is