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Old 08-10-2005, 01:13 PM   #1
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Home / End keys in aterm


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Hi,
When I press the Home or End keys in aterm (or xterm actually), it just outputs ~ and doesn't move the cursor. Where can I set this to work as expected?
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Old 08-10-2005, 02:03 PM   #2
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See here for xterm (p'bly aterm, too):
http://www.jimbrooks.org/web/linux/d...inux.php#Xterm

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Old 08-10-2005, 03:09 PM   #3
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Thanks a bunch, I'll try it out when I get home and let you know how it went (I imagine it will work fine).
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Old 08-11-2005, 01:54 PM   #4
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Well, I've been fooling around with the suggestions on the above post, and I still can't get it to work. The weird thing is that xterm works fine with Home / End, even before I edit any files or anything, it is just aterm that displays the ~
Any more ideas?
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Old 08-11-2005, 01:59 PM   #5
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You can try ctrl-a to get to the beginning of the line, and ctrl-e to get to the end.
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