Home Key

iotc247 · 2004-06-17 14:51:27

Why is it that when i hit the home key it just makes a cap H when it should go to the beginning of the line.. Doesnt do that in slackware..

i3839 · 2004-06-17 17:01:54

I had that in rxvt, normal console worked fine though. Try changing the TERM variable to something else, e.g. "export TERM=rxvt".

iotc247 · 2004-06-17 17:05:12

where would i do this...

iotc247 · 2004-06-17 17:05:46

o and this is in kde console..

fideli · 2004-06-29 03:46:05

i also had this issue and i did some searching. either setting the $TERM variable to "xterm-xfree86" or "rxvt" should work, by rights. however, i'm just a bit uncertain as to where the arch initscripts set the TERM variable to begin with (or if they set it at all). i just put this line in my /etc/profile

export TERM="xterm-xfree86"

i also edited the following line:

if [ "$TERM" = "xterm" -o "$TERM" = "xterm-color" -o "$TERM" = "rxvt" ]; then
  PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "33]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/$HOME/~}07"'
fi

to read

if [ "$TERM" = "xterm-xfree86" -o "$TERM" = "xterm" -o "$TERM" = "xterm-color" -o "$TERM" = "rxvt" ]; then
  PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "33]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/$HOME/~}07"'
fi

it works, although i want to make sure that it's cool. feedback?

iotc247 · 2004-06-29 14:21:10

The export thing worked.. Thanks..

iotc247 · 2005-03-01 22:55:46

Hello.. Back from the dead lol.. Anyways i left linux a while ago.. I am back though.. Well i had tried this which it worked when i did it originally.. Now when i do it i get some really screwed up ps1 and every time i hit enter after typing a command in console (not in a gui terminal like xterm) i get a beeping sound.. So anyone have an idea?

Dusty · 2005-03-01 22:58:37

when you're in console, you should export TERM=linux.

I think.

Dusty

phrakture · 2005-03-01 23:27:06

kinda on topic, but I can never rememeber how to change it... why does my home key return "~" in aterm.... I don't want my home dir, I want the beginning of the line...

makz · 2005-03-11 20:10:17

To make my ALT key work properly on xterm i changed this in my .Xresources

XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true

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Home Key

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