On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 09:35:44PM -0000, David Lord wrote:
> > > >
> > > > However, I do not know if a real vt220 has a Delete key at all. I only
> > > > have a
> > > > vt420, which has one - and so has the terminfo entry.
> > > >
> > > > So, basically the answer is: edit /etc/ttys and change vt220 to wsvt25
> > > > for your ttyE* devices. Or do the equivalent change to your shell
> > > > startup
> > > > files.
> > >
> > > That does not make any difference, the delete key still
> > > does not work.
> >
> > I tried with vt220 changed to pcvt25 and that seems to
> > have my delete key working.
>
> OK until I try to edit a longer file and the text from
> different lines becomes mixed up.
probably this part of the difference
comparing vt220 to pcvt25.
comparing strings.
indn: NULL, '\E[%p1%dS'.
rin: NULL, '\E[%p1%dT'.
that is, pcvt25 provides a different escape sequence for scrolling than vt220.
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