On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 03:25:40AM -0500, A. Khattri wrote > rOn Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > With your extra instructions in .vimrc, vim works fine under screen. > > It also works fine *WHEN SCREEN IS NOT RUNNING ON MY MACHINE*. Note > > carefully exactly what I said. However, if I am running screen in tty2, > > *EVEN AS ANOTHER USER*, and I am *NOT* running screen in tty1, then vim > > has problems with the arrow keys (PC 101 keyboard) in tty1. Basically, > > the up and down arrows generate A's and B's, and don't move the cursor. > > It's not just vim. mc (Midnight Commander) has similar problems in tty1 > > when tty2 *IS* running screen, and tty1 *IS NOT* running screen. mc > > also works OK directly under screen or when screen is not running on my > > machine. Any ideas anybody? > > Incorrect terminal type?
I don't think so. Please note what I said. This problem only shows up in a tty that is *NOT* running screen, when *ANOTHER* tty *IS* running screen. Why should screen *RUNNING IN tty2* affect what happens in *tty1* ??? -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
