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From: erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Questions on X11 xterm and termcaps
Keywords: xterm X11 termcap vi
Message-ID: <786@pai.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 17:58:59 GMT
Organization: Prime Automation, Inc., Burnsville, MN
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I'm rather new to Interactive's 386/ix UNIX for the PC, and
I'm sure some of you have solved this problem:

1) I use X11 as my standard interface.
2) In the C shell, csh, using xterm, when the TERM variable is
set to "xterm", I find vi does NOT like the arrow keys 
on my PC/AT keyboard at all.

If I use a TERM set to "vt100", the arrow keys are just hunky-dory, but 
the vi editor will not scroll down text when a line is inserted.

Both situations make text editing no fun.  I'm new to both
termcap (used by vi, I belive) and terminfo, but I am aware of
their basic concepts.  Does anyone have a good termcap entry
(or a terminfo entry if the 386/ix vi uses terminfo) that
solves this problem?  Its annoying enough that I am sure others
have solved it.  Unfortunately, my boss installed the software
(I'm using his machine as a loaner), so I'm not sure of all
the set-up options that were used.  The Release notes list the
version as 2.0 (First printing Dec 88), with UNIX System V/R3.2.

I'd appreciate any help on this,
thanks,
-Eric


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