Re: Xterm and .Xresources

[Storm Dragon via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy Ralph,

Thanks for the help. My TERM reports as Linux. Should I export it as xterm?

Thanks,
Storm

On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 01:57:28PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Storm,
>
> > I found that if I export TERM=vt220 that most keys do work
>
> If you start an xterm(1) and find TERM is `xterm' then I'd leave it
> alone.
>
> > but home and end in applications like nano and ne do not work still
> > and cause weird behavior.
>
> In the xterm, run `od -c' and type `Home Enter Ctrl-D' and then adjust
> the appropriate resources to match as they're probably wrong:
>
> >             <Key>Home: string(0x1b) string("[3~") \n \
> ...
> >             <Key>Home: string(0x1b) string("[1~") \n\
>
> It may be better to slowly build up your X resources a bit at a time,
> understanding each, rather than adopt a mass at once and then try and
> discover the problems and debug them.
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.

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