Subject: Re: arrow keys revisited
To: Stefan Jeglinski <jeglin@4pi.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/21/2001 20:19:34
Stefan Jeglinski wrote:
> This exact question appears to have only been in the mac68k archives, 
> but I never saw a solution, or maybe I saw the answer but the files 
> that had to be modified were never explicitly named and I'm not 
> familiar enough with NetBSD to know those by default.
> 
> My arrow keys don't work, instead sending escape sequences like ^[[A 
> for the up-arrow. Rather, the arrow keys -are- working as this 
> appears to be the correct escape sequence, but they may not be being 
> interpreted correctly by the shell. The default shell appears to be 
> csh. Where should I put or check a TERM or tty setting to try to get 
> this to work? It happens in both console mode and also in any remote 
> terminal window I bring up.
> 
> Another one for the mac68k FAQ that I'll contribute when I get it resolved...

I'd try using 'dt' instead of the console.  That might take care of the
problem (I use tcsh, so I don't know for sure whether or not this is an
issue).  Also, what kind of keyboard and machine do you have?  I want to
say that the key sequences might be different for different keyboards...

-Colin