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eyolf

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Registered: 2005-11-29

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Problem with [shift-f1]-[shift-f4] in xterm

I have run into some problems with the function keys on an xterm. The shifted versions of F1-4 don't work as expected. I found this thread:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … +bug/96676

discussing what seems to be this issue, having to do with some change in the terminfo data for various flavours of xterm. It apparently applies to gnome-terminal too, but not to Konsole, since it uses TERM=linux and not vt220, as far as I understand it. I can confirm this on my part too.
The discussion there is inconclusive, so I just wanted to know if (a) anyone else here experiences the same problem (specifically, I have mapped <S-f4> to :wq in vim, but in xterm, it doesn't work. Changing to <S-f5> does work), (b) if this is a gnome/ubuntu-problem or a problem with xterm itself or some other library, and (c) if someone here knows of a fix, either temporary or permanent. At present, S1-4 are useless...