Re: correct term setting?
From: Troy Piggins (usenet-0510_at_piggo.com)
Date: 10/03/05
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Date: 03 Oct 2005 12:12:13 GMT
* Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> 2005-10-02, 23:12(+00), Troy Piggins:
>> I log into my linux machine from a windows machine using puTTY over
>> ssh, and most programs I run using screen.
>>
>> I posted the below originally on comp.editors thinking it was a vim
>> issue, but now am thinking it is a term/puTTY problem:
>>
>> ----- originally posted comp.editors -----
>> Something has bothered me for ages but have managed to do without is
>> the use of the numbers on my keypad with numlock on.
>>
>> In my shell (bash) I can type keypad numbers and they work, but in
>> vim they don't. Searched the vim help for numlock, keypad, and
>> numpad etc only turned up bindings.
>>
>> Is there a setting to enable them? What is it?
>> ----- end -----
>>
>> I should clarify that when I say they don't work in vim, they do send
>> "some characters" but I don't know what they are, and they certainly
>> aren't the numbers.
>>
>> In the bash shell (no screen running) $TERM is xterm; in bash using
>> screen $TERM is xterm; in vim term defaults to $TERM; in
>> puTTY->terminal->keyboard->"Function keys and keypad" are set to
>> "ESC[n~"
> [...]
>
> Go to the default settings in putty and use TERM=putty. Ensure that
> the terminfo entry for putty on your system is there:
Sorry to sound like a complete noob, but what do you mean by the first
sentence in that last paragraph? Do you mean just use all the default
putty settings, and on the linux machine I am connecting to put
TERM=putty in the ~/.bashrc? Tried that and no joy. In fact the
function keys no longer worked correctly either.
> infocmp putty
Yes, it showed up.
[troy@armadillo:troy]$ infocmp putty
# Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /usr/share/terminfo/p/putty
putty|xterm clone (win32),
am, bw, ccc, km, mir, msgr, xenl,
colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#64,
[snip]
> If not, get the source from
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/terminfo.html
>
> and compile it as root using tic(1).
Looked at that website and there were 2 terminfos, no idea which one you
mean for me to use, and since I have one already do I need it?
Thanks anyway.
-- Troy Piggins Where I live: 27 27 44 S 153 02 28 E http://earth.google.com
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