Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 18:38:09 -0400 From: Chris Faylor To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Cursors do not work in bash under Win98 Message-ID: <19990822183809.B1175@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com References: <37BEE03D DOT 937393EF AT di DOT fct DOT unl DOT pt> <5906 DOT 990821 AT is DOT lg DOT ua> <37C018A5 DOT 2574DC29 AT di DOT fct DOT unl DOT pt> <19990822133711 DOT C957 AT cygnus DOT com> <37C0678A DOT E9F373E5 AT vinschen DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <37C0678A.E9F373E5@vinschen.de>; from Corinna Vinschen on Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 11:11:38PM +0200 On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 11:11:38PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >But there are more problems with keystrokes that are not specific to >cygwin but are nevertheless disturbing. Example vi: When I learnt >using vi, I learnt three commands which are very convenient: > > Ctrl + 6 change to alternative file > Ctrl + ^ ditto > Ctrl + ] goto tag under cursor > >All commands never worked with a vi under cygwin. AFAIK this is a >problem of native keyboards under win32. The key combinations >doesn't unfortunately generate any ascii characters. On the german >keyboard the circumflex is a dead key for national characters (though >not existing in german language), the brackets are only reached by >using the right Alt key (Alt Gr). Ok. This one I understand. There would probably be no problem adding this functionality. >Conclusion: The cursor problem of 9X and special key handlings >on native keyboards will result in problems for all times. >I would be glad, if there would be a solution to make a special key >mapping in cygwin that is independent of [no]tty setting and used OS. >This could be e.g. a .cygkey file in the home directory or something >comparable. >IMHO, this should be addressed in the future (b22). Yep. We could have some kind of capability which allowed you to define keys, similar to linux. That's definitely B22 functionality. -chris -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com