I use tcsh , and when Delete/End is pressed on cmd line, it simply shows up as ~ ; I have to press <Ctrl><e> to go to end of line. Can anyone help me to be able to use Delete/End keys as their name suggests ?
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You need to use the bindkey builtin. See the tcsh man page discussion for details (search for 'bindkey'), but you want to add a line like
bindkey [end] end-of-line
to your .cshrc or .tcshrc file, replacing '[end]' with the actual end keypress. See this page for the list of binding names and helpful examples.
ire_and_curses
2009-12-16 05:28:09
Correct , but when typing in the above line (I'm using vim), u have to replace [end] with `<Ctrl><v><End>` !!
shan23
2009-12-16 06:13:52
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Those keys already worked on my Debian system. I found these commands in the /etc/csh.cshrc file:
if ($?tcsh && $?prompt) then
bindkey "\e[1~" beginning-of-line # Home
bindkey "\e[7~" beginning-of-line # Home rxvt
bindkey "\e[2~" overwrite-mode # Ins
bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char # Delete
bindkey "\e[4~" end-of-line # End
bindkey "\e[8~" end-of-line # End rxvt
endif
Teddy
2009-12-16 05:36:06
I found that instead of memorizing the cryptic \e[ sequence , you can directly type:`bindkey <Ctrl><v><Delete> delete-char` - that way you don't need to hunt for the sequence !! :)Anyway , your's was the most comprehensive answer !!
shan23
2009-12-16 06:16:07
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There's a great resource on fixing inconsistencies with delete/backspace here. The document also addresses mapping home/end, though that's not the focus.
mrkj
2009-12-16 05:45:11
Yes , I got that doc from google , but it was too generalized (not to add huge !!) ... I guess u r more patient than I am !! :)
shan23
2009-12-16 06:17:01