Re: Escape Codes

[Markus E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de>]

Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> brian.b.mcguinness@lmco.com schrieb:
>> Google for ANSI escape sequences
>> Results include:
>> http://www.dee.ufcg.edu.br/~rrbrandt/tools/ansi.html
>> http://isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/ansi_escapes.html
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
>
> None of which will tell you which sequence the terminal sends when
> i.E. you press the <Home> or <End> key :-(.
>
> But Georg's hint to search for "Xterm Control Sequences" turned up
> http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Documentation/Gnu/screen-3.9.4/html_chapter/screen_11.html
> which does :-):
>
> Home                 kh         stuff \033[1~
> End                  kH         stuff \033[4~
> Insert               kI         stuff \033[2~
> Delete               kD         stuff \033[3~
> Page up              kP         stuff \033[5~
> Page down            kN         stuff \033[6~

My Xterm produces ^[[H~ for HOME and ^[[F~ for END.

You can check that by either pressing ^V and the key in the shell (if
you have readline) or by using cat.

Regards -- Markus