conf/162787: termcap is missing kB entry for xterm

Stefan Bethke stb at lassitu.de
Wed Nov 23 14:00:21 UTC 2011


>Number:         162787
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       termcap is missing kB entry for xterm
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 23 14:00:20 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stefan Bethke
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-PRERELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Some software, notably dialog(1), can understand back-tab, which is typically bound to Shift-Tab.  syscons produces ^]]Z for Shift-Tab, like many VT100-like terminal (emulators). The plain xterm does not produce this sequence, but ^I for both Tab and Shift-Tab.

For compatibility with xterm-compatible terminal emulators, adding a kB attribute is desirable.
>How-To-Repeat:
On the console,
$ dialog --menu foo 20 60 12 a one b two c three
Hitting Shift-Tab exits from dialog.

>Fix:
Add :kB=\E[Z: to the xterm-basic entry:

Index: share/termcap/termcap.src
===================================================================
--- share/termcap/termcap.src	(revision 227665)
+++ share/termcap/termcap.src	(working copy)
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@
 	:as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
 	:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\
 	:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:im=\E[4h:is=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>:\
-	:kD=\E[3~:kb=^H:ke=\E[?1l\E>:ks=\E[?1h\E=:le=^H:md=\E[1m:\
+	:kD=\E[3~:kb=^H:ke=\E[?1l\E>:ks=\E[?1h\E=:kB=\E[Z:le=^H:md=\E[1m:\
 	:me=\E[m:ml=\El:mr=\E[7m:mu=\Em:nd=\E[C:op=\E[39;49m:\
 	:rc=\E8:rs=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:\
 	:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:\


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