termcap problem
I have a relatively new installation of FreeBSD v5.1, and the machine has just been staged at my co-lo site. So far, everything works well, except for a minor vi problem: I cannot navigate using the arrow keys. I can navigate using control keys, but not via the arrow keys. I'm now accessing the server over ssh via a terminal window on a Mac laptop running OS X (a new distant relative of FreeBSD, FWIW). I access lots of machines this way, including a Solaris machine, a couple of Linux boxen, and at least one other FreeBSD machine (not mine), and I don't have this problem on any of them. I assume it's a termcap problem, but I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? Note: As nice as some of the other editors are, I'm really rather attached to vi, and have been so ever since I got my first abacus. ;-) -- __ Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: termcap problem
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:35:59PM -0500, Vince Sabio wrote: I have a relatively new installation of FreeBSD v5.1, and the machine has just been staged at my co-lo site. So far, everything works well, except for a minor vi problem: I cannot navigate using the arrow keys. I can navigate using control keys, but not via the arrow keys. I'm now accessing the server over ssh via a terminal window on a Mac laptop running OS X (a new distant relative of FreeBSD, FWIW). I access lots of machines this way, including a Solaris machine, a couple of Linux boxen, and at least one other FreeBSD machine (not mine), and I don't have this problem on any of them. I assume it's a termcap problem, but I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? Have you tried setting the TERM env variable to 'xterm' or 'xterm-color' in your .cshrc file (or the rc file for the shell you use)? -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/- ipfw peruser traffic logging ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: termcap problem
** Sometime around 03:51 + 02/09/2004, Jez Hancock said: On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:35:59PM -0500, Vince Sabio wrote: I have a relatively new installation of FreeBSD v5.1, and the machine has just been staged at my co-lo site. So far, everything works well, except for a minor vi problem: I cannot navigate using the arrow keys. I can navigate using control keys, but not via the arrow keys. I'm now accessing the server over ssh via a terminal window on a Mac laptop running OS X (a new distant relative of FreeBSD, FWIW). I access lots of machines this way, including a Solaris machine, a couple of Linux boxen, and at least one other FreeBSD machine (not mine), and I don't have this problem on any of them. I assume it's a termcap problem, but I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? Have you tried setting the TERM env variable to 'xterm' or 'xterm-color' in your .cshrc file (or the rc file for the shell you use)? That did it -- thanks! (TERM=xterm-color; export TERM) in ~/.profile. -- __ Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
