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From: "Mikael" <mindcooler AT gmail DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Arrow keys when using ssh to connect remotely to solaris box
Date:  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:36:23 +0200
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Mikael wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
>> Mikael wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, I'm using ssh inside an rxvt terminal (?) to connect remotely
>>> to a Sun server running Solaris. It connects without any problems
>>> and I can login to the Oracle database the server is running.
>>> However, the arrow keys doesn't work correctly. When I hit
>>> left-arrow to edit what I am typing in sqlplus (oracles command line
>>> client) the input cursor position doesn't move instead ^[[D is
>>> displayed. Neither of the arrows keys work. I guess the problem is
>>> that the remote shell is expecting keys in one format and I am
>>> sending it in another, slightly different format, so it doesn't work
>>> for some keys. This has made working remotely with the oracle
>>> database a chore at best and I was wondering how I can remedy the
>>> situation?
>>
>> In general this is a problem with the application on the remote end
>> and has nothing to do with rxvt.  The way it works is that the TERM
>> environment variable should be set to indicate what terminal is in
>> use. In your case it should probably be "rxvt".  The application then
>> should look at this variable and then use the terminfo database to
>> determine what character sequences to expect based on the terminal.
>>
>> So, you should check to see what TERM is set to after connecting to
>> the remote system.  It may also be that the terminfo database on the
>> remote system does not contain an entry for "rxvt", so you might have
>> to try setting it to "xterm" or even "vt102" which are more common
>> names for terminals with very similar key mappings.
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, Brian. I performed an $ echo $TERM after
> logging in:
> astmatix <302> echo $TERM
> rxvt-cygwin-native
> Was the output...
> I also noticed this string when logging in:
> tcsh: using dumb terminal settings
>
> So, given this information, any further hints?
>
>>

I noticed that it's just in SQL*Plus where the arrow keys doesn't work as I 
want them to. I solved it by opening a shell under emacs on the remote end 
but it feels like a crude solution. But I guess this means it's not a cygwin 
issue and, as such, off-topic for this list.

>> Brian
>
> / Mikael

/ Mikael 




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