xterm, screen and the "Home" and "End" keys

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 09:48:36PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > 
> > Could you please help me solve the problem with screen or xterm?
> > 
> >  From a FreeBSD 9.3 xterm I ssh to a remote host. The "Home" key sends
> > (and the remote application receives) "0x1B 0x5B 0x48" (ESC [ H) 
> > which is correct.
> > 
> > However, if I start screen on the remote host, the application within
> > the screen's virtual terminal receives "0x1B 0x4F 0x48" for "Home"
> > which is "ESC O H". It results im the "Home" and key not working
> > correctly in vim etc.
> > 
> > The "End" key has the same problem.
> > 
> 
> I think I have solved the problem by redefining what xterm is sending.
> In ~/.Xresources
> 
> XTerm*VT100.translations: #override \n\
>         <Key>Home: string(0x1b) string("[1~") \n \
>         <Key>End: string(0x1b) string("[4~") \n
> 
> Rather ugly, isn't it.

alternatively:

	XTerm*VT100.keyboardType: vt220

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey at invisible-island.net>
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