Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings.

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxx>]

On Nov 26,  6:09pm, Zefram wrote:
> Subject: Re: Vi insert-mode cursor key bindings.
> 
> >> One better: I don't use cursor keys at all.  Their behaviour is too
> >> inconsistent to rely on them.  (The terminals that I regularly use
> >> don't generate ANSI escape sequences, so they wouldn't work in
ZLE.)
> >
> >But they do generate some kind of escape sequence, right?
> 
> No.  Actually, I usually use a couple of Lear Siegler ADM 3E
> terminals.  These generate ^H for left, ^J for down, ^K for up[1] and
> ^L for right.

Ah, yes, back at OGI we used to have some Qume terminals with this
bizarre behavior.

> Personally I
> would miss using right arrow to clear the screen, if it were to be
> rebound.

Chuckle.

I agree that zsh should be intelligent about this sort of thing.