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From: archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: EMACS on SGI - cursor keys?
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Date: 28 Aug 90 18:58:41 GMT
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In comp.sys.sgi MACLEOD@cc.utah.edu (Rob MacLeod) writes:

*
*   Dear SGI/IBM/EMACS users!
*
*   Questions:1) How do we "adjust" the emacs code or SGI system parameters to
*   allow us to use the cursor keys? 
*
*   Any help will be MUCH appreciated!
*
*   Rob MacLeod (macleod@cc.utah.edu or macleod@utahcca))


Well, you have to bind the commands for forward-char, backward-char,
previous-line and next-line to the keystrokes produced by the arrow 
keys.  you can do that like this (put these lines in your .emacs)

;; bindings for arrow keys on the SGI keyboard.
(global-unset-key "\M-[")   ;; undefine the leading sequence
(global-set-key "\M-[A" 'previous-line)
(global-set-key "\M-[B" 'next-line)
(global-set-key "\M-[C" 'forward-char)
(global-set-key "\M-[D" 'backward-char)

There may be a nicer way of doing this, but this does work.

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