On 2/28/06, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> Obviously the keycodes and keyboard handling between the console and an
> xterm are different. I know how the keymaps work on the console side.
> But I don't know how it works with xterms.
>
> Specifically, I have a program I use at the console which is curses
> based. When I use it in an xterm, some of the keys I use to edit in the
> program don't work as expected. From my research, it looks like the left
> arrow and backspace keys don't work as expected. Anyone know enough
> about how keyboard mapping works in X to make debugging suggestions?
What's the value of your TERM variable in the xterm, and at the console?
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