Re: arrow keys in the console

[poppyer <poppyer@gmail.com>]

I think it is not emacs's bug.
Because mine works very well here in the TERM=linux console, except the
[home][end] key.

I think this is probably due to distribution-specific termcap setting.
Maybe fire a bug report for the using linux distribution instead.

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> >
> > Well, you're right. Setting TERM=xterm fixed the arrow keys, but
> > page-up and page-down still act funny.
> 
> Open ~/.emacs and then work on this loop:
> 
> 	M-x global-set-key RET <press the key> RET <function binding> RET
> 	C-x Esc Esc C-a C-k C-g		; repeat last command,
> beginning, kill  line, quit
> 	C-x b .emacs RET
> 	C-y
> 
> Finally save ~/.emacs.
> 
> The cursor movement functions are previous-line, next-line, backward-
> char, and forward-char.
> 
> 
> Since there is a file /usr/local/share/emacs/22.1.50/lisp/term/
> linux.el I wonder whether it's worth to write a bug report about the
> behaviour of your GNU Emacs in that "linux" terminal. It would be
> worth to mention the actual key bindings of your system!
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>    Pete
> 
> When confronted with actual numbers, a mathematician is at a loss.
>                                           (Steffen Hokland)
> 
> 
> 
> 

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