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This directory contains files of elisp that customize Emacs for certain
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terminal types.
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When Emacs starts, it checks the TERM environment variable to see what type
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of terminal the user is running on, checks for an elisp file named
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"term/${TERM}.el", and if one exists, loads it. If that doesn't yield a file
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that exists, the last hyphen and what follows it is stripped. If that doesn't
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yield a file that exists, the previous hyphen is stripped, and so on until all
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hyphens are gone. For example, if the terminal type is `aaa-48-foo', Emacs
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will try first `term/aaa-48-foo.el', then `term/aaa-48.el' and finally
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`term/aaa.el'.
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When writing terminal packages, there are some things it is good to keep in
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mind.
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First, about keycap names. Your terminal package can create any keycap
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cookies it likes, but there are good reasons to stick to the set recognized by
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the X-windows code whenever possible. The key symbols recognized by Emacs
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are listed in src/term.c; look for the string `keys' in that file.
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For one thing, it means that you'll have the same Emacs key bindings on in
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terminal mode as on an X console. If there are differences, you can bet
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they'll frustrate you after you've forgotten about them.
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For another, the X keysms provide a standard set of names that Emacs knows
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about. It tries to bind many of them to useful things at startup, before your
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.emacs is read (so you can override them). In some ways, the X keysym standard
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is a admittedly poor one; it's incomplete, and not well matched to the set of
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`virtual keys' that UNIX terminfo(3) provides. But, trust us, the alternatives
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were worse.
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This doesn't mean that if your terminal has a "Cokebottle" key you shouldn't
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define a [cokebottle] keycap. But if you must define cookies that aren't in
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that set, try to pattern them on the standard terminfo variable names for
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clarity; also, for a fighting chance that your binding may be useful to someone
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else someday.
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For example, if your terminal has a `find' key, observe that terminfo
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supports a key_find capability and call your cookie [key-find].
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Here is a complete list, with corresponding X keysyms.
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Variable name cap X Keysym Description
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-------------- --- ------------ -------------------------------------
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key_down kd down Sent by terminal down arrow key
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key_up ku up Sent by terminal up arrow key
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key_left kl left Sent by terminal left arrow key
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key_right kr right Sent by terminal right arrow key
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key_home kh home Sent by home key.
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key_backspace kb Sent by backspace key
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key_dl kd deleteline Sent by delete line key.
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key_il kA insertline Sent by insert line.
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key_dc kD Sent by delete character key.
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key_ic kI insertchar (1) Sent by ins char/enter ins mode key.
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key_eic KM Sent by rmir or smir in insert mode.
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key_clear kC Sent by clear screen or erase key.
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key_eos kS Sent by clear-to-end-of-screen key.
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key_eol kE Sent by clear-to-end-of-line key.
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key_sf kF Sent by scroll-forward/down key
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key_sr kR Sent by scroll-backward/up key
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key_npage kN next (2) Sent by next-page key
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key_ppage kP prior (2) Sent by previous-page key
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key_stab kT Sent by set-tab key
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key_ctab kt Sent by clear-tab key
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key_catab ka Sent by clear-all-tabs key.
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key_enter @8 kp-enter Enter/send (unreliable)
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key_print %9 print print or copy
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key_ll kH Sent by home-down key
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key_a1 K1 kp-1 Upper left of keypad
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key_a3 K3 kp-3 Upper right of keypad
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key_b2 K2 kp-5 Center of keypad
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key_c1 K4 kp-7 Lower left of keypad
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key_c3 K5 kp-9 Lower right of keypad
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key_btab kB backtab Back tab key
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key_beg @1 begin beg(inning) key
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key_cancel @2 cancel cancel key
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key_close @3 close key
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key_command @4 execute (3) cmd (command) key
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key_copy @5 copy key
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key_create @6 create key
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key_end @7 end end key
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key_exit @9 exit key
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key_find @0 find key
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key_help %1 help key
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key_mark %2 mark key
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key_message %3 message key
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key_move %4 move key
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key_next %5 next (2) next object key
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key_open %6 open key
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key_options %7 menu (3) options key
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key_previous %8 previous (2) previous object key
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key_redo %0 redo redo key
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key_reference &1 ref(erence) key
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key_refresh &2 refresh key
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key_replace &3 replace key
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key_restart &4 reset (3) restart key
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key_resume &5 resume key
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key_save &6 save key
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key_sbeg &9 shifted beginning key
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key_select *6 select select key
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key_suspend &7 suspend key
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key_undo &8 undo undo key
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key_scancel &0 shifted cancel key
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key_scommand *1 shifted command key
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key_scopy *2 shifted copy key
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key_screate *3 shifted create key
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key_sdc *4 shifted delete char key
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key_sdl *5 shifted delete line key
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key_send *7 shifted end key
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key_seol *8 shifted clear line key
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key_sexit *9 shifted exit key
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key_sf kF shifted find key
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key_shelp #1 shifted help key
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key_shome #2 shifted home key
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key_sic #3 shifted input key
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key_sleft #4 shifted left arrow key
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key_smessage %a shifted message key
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key_smove %b shifted move key
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key_snext %c shifted next key
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key_soptions %d shifted options key
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key_sprevious %e shifted prev key
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key_sprint %f shifted print key
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key_sredo %g shifted redo key
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key_sreplace %h shifted replace key
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key_sright %i shifted right arrow
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key_sresume %j shifted resume key
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key_ssave !1 shifted save key
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key_suspend !2 shifted suspend key
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key_sundo !3 shifted undo key
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key_f0 k0 f0 (4) function key 0
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key_f1 k1 f1 function key 1
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key_f2 k2 f2 function key 2
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key_f3 k3 f3 function key 3
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key_f4 k4 f4 function key 4
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key_f5 k5 f5 function key 5
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key_f6 k6 f6 function key 6
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key_f7 k7 f7 function key 7
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key_f8 k8 f8 function key 8
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key_f9 k9 f9 function key 9
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key_f10 k; f10 (4) function key 10
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key_f11 F1 f11 function key 11
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: : : :
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key_f35 FP f35 function key 35
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key_f36 FQ function key 36
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: : : :
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key_f64 k1 function key 64
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(1) The terminfo documentation says this may be the 'insert character' or
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`enter insert mode' key. Accordingly, key_ic is mapped to the `insertchar'
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keysym if there is also a key_dc key; otherwise it's mapped to `insert'.
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The presumption is that keyboards with `insert character' keys usually
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have `delete character' keys paired with them.
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(2) If there is no key_next key but there is a key_npage key, key_npage
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will be bound to the `next' keysym. If there is no key_previous key but
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there is a key_ppage key, key_ppage will be bound to the `previous' keysym.
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(3) Sorry, these are not exact but they're the best we can do.
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(4) The uses of the "k0" capability are inconsistent; sometimes it
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describes F10, whereas othertimes it describes F0 and "k;" describes F10.
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Emacs attempts to politely accommodate both systems by testing for
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"k;", and if it is present, assuming that "k0" denotes F0, otherwise F10.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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The following X keysyms do *not* have terminfo equivalents. These are
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the cookies your terminal package will have to set up itself, if you want them:
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break
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system
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user
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kp-backtab
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kp-space
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kp-tab
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kp-f1
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kp-f2
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kp-f3
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kp-f4
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kp-multiply
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kp-add
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kp-separator
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kp-subtract
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kp-decimal
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kp-divide
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kp-0
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kp-2
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kp-4
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kp-6
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kp-8
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kp-equal
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In general, you should not bind any of the standard keysym names to
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functions in a terminal package. There's code in loaddefs.el that does that;
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the less people make exceptions to that, the more consistent an interface Emacs
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will have across different keyboards. Those exceptions should go in your
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.emacs file.
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Finally, if you're using a USL UNIX or a Sun box or anything else with the
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USL version of curses(3) on it, bear in mind that the original curses(3) had
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(and still has) a very much smaller set of keycaps. In fact, the reliable
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ones were just the arrow keys and the first ten function keys. If you care
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about making your package portable to older Berkeley machines, don't count on
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the setup code to bind anything else.
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If your terminal's arrow key sequences are so funky that they conflict with
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normal Emacs key bindings, the package should set up a function called
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(enable-foo-arrow-keys), where `foo' becomes the terminal name, and leave
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it up to the user's .emacs file whether to call it.
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Before writing a terminal-support package, it's a good idea to read the
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existing ones and learn the common conventions.
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