[comp.unix.aix] AIX 3.1 and info -a

abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell) (01/18/91)

Has anyone gotten this to work?  I've tried (casually) two vt100 emulators
and an old Z-29.  None of them work correctly - the arrow keys don't
function as advertised.

I've played around with TERMINFO and TERMCAP (just in case) files and even
installed personal versions of them, so I'm reasonably sure that both types
of description accurately reflect the key codes generated by the arrow keys.
What's more, the down-arrow key will sometimes move the highlight a couple
of items before causing the pulled-down menu to disappear (or worse).  Of
course, the personal descriptions work with other programs - e. g., vi(1).

What am I missing?

Vic Abell <abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu>

kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) (01/20/91)

abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell) writes:

>Has anyone gotten this to work?  I've tried (casually) two vt100 emulators
>and an old Z-29.  None of them work correctly - the arrow keys don't
>function as advertised.

I use kermit in vt100 emulation.  The keypad arrows work, once I turn
Numlock off.  The "dedicated" arrow keys don't, but that is because of
key mapping.
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