Re: Home => [H problem

I haven't looked into any details, but I downloaded and compiled the latest from
CVS.

My home key now works!!!!  Thank you very much!

"Jason M. Felice" wrote:

> Okay, here's some interesting things I've found...
>
> The command which compiles and installs the terminfo entry fails if the
> `xterm-5250' alias exists (but still updates the `5250' entry).  I've changed
> the installation rules in (for Linux platform only) to guess where these
> files are and remove them before running `tic 5250.terminfo'.  Since we
> are using xterm-5250 as the terminal type and not 5250, this could mean that
> you would be using an older terminfo entry.
>
> Also, I'm confused as to how the Home => \E[H problem showed up, or even
> why it's showing up now.  The new XTerm file in CVS instructs the xterm
> to send \E[1~ instead of \E[H (I was reading the terminfo file incorrectly
> before).  It still doesn't happen on my box.  Strange.
>
> I've also made a change so that a non-root install will work better - it
> will make the ~/.terminfo directory and use `tic' to install the terminfo
> entry there.  This should fix some of the issues with tn5250 on that Irix
> box (who was that?)
>
> -Jay

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