Re: Binding left and right arrow keys

[Peder Stray]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Dave Wood wrote:

> > > > I use the following:
> > > >
> > > > # C-left and C-right
> > > > bindkey "\033[1;5C" next
> > > > bindkey "\033[1;5D" prev
> > >
> > > Thanks. These work but I have found a problem with some applications 
> > > where it seems an application's keybinds override those of screen - 
> > > mutt and vim in insert mode don't allow these binds to work. Is there 
> > > some way of forcing screen binds to work no matter which application 
> > > is running?
> > >
> > > I tried unbinding left and right in mutt but it didn't work.
> >
> > try the same lines but add -a, maybe that helps...
>
> Your codes don't seem to be working. How did you find the codes? Is 
> there a lookup table somewhere on the www? I think control codes depend 
> on the terminal in use.

i used cat, just started it, and pressed the key i wanted the code for, 
like this (after pressing C-left and C-right):

> cat
^[[1;5D^[[1;5C

^[ is of cource \033.

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