Does it happen if you download and compile latest urxvt from source? Debian has an altered version. I just took a quick look through their changes and nothing obvious stood out as causing this, but they're not running the original code. Need to rule out their changes first.
// Jesper On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 6:55 PM Marco <li...@homerow.info> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 17:37:44 +0100 > Marc Lehmann <schm...@schmorp.de> wrote: > > Thank you for the quick reply. Much appreciated. > > > I don't think this is an issue that cna be fixed in urxvt - you might > > be able to work around it by remapping keys in urxvt, but that's > > hardly a fix. > > Ok, if I can't find any solution I might come back to that. > > > > I don't think mc has anything to do with this, it just happens to be > > > the only console program that I use requiring shift-Fn keys. > > > > No, it's almost certainly tmux or your configuration of it (such as > > wrong TERMINFO), as urxvt generates the correct sequences and mc has > > no trouble understanding them. > > I have no idea. The tmux configuration is the same, regardless of > which terminal emulator I use. > > > According to your experiments, you > > only have issues when tmux filters the key sequences. > > Indeed. However, it works with tmux + gnome-terminal, xterm and bare > console (no X), but fails with tmux + rxvt-unicode. Since the issue > doesn't show with any other terminal emulator except rxvt-unicode, I > suspected an issue with rxvt-unicode (or my configuration thereof). > > > It coulpd be that mc somehow misinterprets the sequences depending on > > the TERM setting, but that is unlikely. > > TERM is the same, regardless of which terminal emulator I use > (screen-256color). > > > It's certain that urxvt does not generate the wrong key sequences just > > because you run tmux (urxvt does not know what runs inside the > > terminal). > > That would not make sense, yes. But I'm at a loss here and the issue > only manifests in rxvt-unicode, so I figured I better ask on this > list. > > > So unless some person knowledgable with tmux here can help you, you > > would have to report this to a more appropriate place, such as tmux, > > as I can't see how this has something to do with urxvt. > > If you believe it's a tmux issue, I'll approach the tmux mailing > list then. > > > If you wanted to experiment further, it might be worth looking into > > TERM settings for both tmux and mc (are they really correct, are they > > really installed?) > > I ran > > echo $TERM > > from within tmux and it reports: screen-256color. I don't know what > else to check. > > > > The issue is easily reproduced on a vanilla (e.g. Debian Live) VM. I > > > can provide exact steps, if required. > > > > Last not least, I just tried this on my debian install, and mc detects > > f-keys normally inside urxvt, with and without tmux, hinting at your > > configuration probably being at fault. > > I can't confirm this. I can reproduce this in a vanilla Debian Live > VM. Here are the exact steps to reproduce: > > - boot live iso > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.2.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso > > - open terminal (gnome-terminal) > - sudo apt install -y rxvt-unicode tmux mc > - mkdir foo; cd foo; touch bar > > - tmux > - mc > - <arrow-down> → so cursor is on file “bar” > - <shift>-<F5> > → result: copy dialogue opens (= works as desired in gnome-terminal) > - exit (mc) > - exit (tmux) > > - xterm > - tmux > - mc > - <arrow-down> → so cursor is on file “bar” > - <shift>-<F5> > → result: copy dialogue opens (= works as desired in xterm) > - exit (mc) > - exit (tmux) > - exit (xterm) > > - rxvt-unicode > - tmux > - mc > - <arrow-down> → so cursor is on file “bar” > - <shift>-<F5> > → result: editor opens (which is usually F3, rather than F5) > - exit (mc) > - exit (tmux) > - exit (rxvt-unicode) > > Marco > > _______________________________________________ > rxvt-unicode mailing list > rxvt-unicode@lists.schmorp.de > http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/rxvt-unicode _______________________________________________ rxvt-unicode mailing list rxvt-unicode@lists.schmorp.de http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/rxvt-unicode
