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Re: RDS! ed in FreeBSD

• Posted by Ken Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Oct 16, 2003
• 468 views

just out of curiosity, CK, which terminal emulator are
you using under X windows - konsole, gnome-terminal,
xterm, etc. and which desktop and window manager?


--- "C. K. Lester" <euphoric at cklester.com> wrote:
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> 
> Robert Craig wrote:
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> >
> > C. K. Lester wrote:
> >
> >> When I try to run ed in FreeBSD, I can't seem to
> use my arrow keys. 
> >> They take me straight to the menu. What's up with
> that? :)
> >
> >
> > On Linux or FreeBSD you'll find that some of the
> special
> > keys don't work, or they produce a different key
> code
> > than what ed is expecting. Each Linux/FreeBSD
> system
> > seems to be a bit different, especially if you use
> Telnet.
> 
> Rob, here's a clue...
> 
> When I run it outside of X, I get no problems...
> Inside X, however... 
> Also, inside X, the key program returns the right
> key codes, so what is 
> it about X that ed finds confusing and not key.ex?!
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