Re: Binding left and right arrow keys

[Dave Wood]

On (11:44 22/12/08), Peder Stray <address@hidden> put forth the proposition:
> 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.

When I do that it shows ^[[D and makes no difference if I am pressing
control or not. This probably explains why it doesn't work for me. But, it
must be reading control somewhere or C-a wouldn't work...

> --
>   Peder Stray
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> screen-users mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users

--
"I can't decide whether to commit suicide or go bowling."
                -- Florence Henderson