Keyboard problems (backspace, up/down etc) with command-line tools

[Noah Salzman]

You might want to check out the "bind" section in the bash man page.  
Try "bind -p" in bash to print out the current config.  (Sorry, don't  
have an answer, but that is where I would start looking.)



On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Per Bull Holmen wrote:

> Hey
>
> I'm totally new to MacPorts, and fairly much a rookie
> regarding UNIX/X-Windows. I recently installed the
> package ng-spice after giving up on both MacSpice and
> finding a Fink *spice package. This is (mostly) a
> command-line tool, but uses some X11 and this works
> great. Installation is done according to the web site,
> although I have made a slight maneuver to make it work
> with both Fink and MacPorts, changing the
> ~/.bash_profile to the following:
>
> ----start
> # source .bashrc if it's there
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>     . ~/.bashrc
> fi
>
> # For darwinports
> export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> echo 'setup for darwinports'
>
> # For fink
> # test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh
> # export DISPLAY=localhost:0
> # echo 'setup for fink'
>
> echo 'edit ~/.bash_profile to set up for
> fink/darwinports'
>
> ----end
>
> I don't know if this is necessary, but the site
> explains that the PATH prepend operation may override
> som Apple libraries, therefore I assumed I there might
> be some compatibility problems if Fink installed libs
> get overridden by MacPorts installed libs or the
> opposite. (.bashrc does not exist BTW). I have not
> made any setup changes to system/init/bash files apart
> from installing Fink/Darwin.
>
> ANYWAY here is my problem: Running ngpsice from Apples
> terminal, the program won't recognize special keys
> like backspace and arrows. Running from xterm it WILL
> recognize backspace but not the other keys. The other
> keys output weird codes like [^A etc. Also, it seems
> that emacs (run from Apples Terminal) now recognize
> backspace as forward delete (I haven't touched the
> emacs installation, it's just the standard one from
> MacOS DVD).
>
> Is this a port problem, or soemthing I can fix by
> editing the setup?
>
> I'm running MacOS X 10.4 on an Intel-mac laptop, with
> Norwegian keyboard-layout.
>
> Per
>
> -- 
>
> Mvh
> Per Bull Holmen
>
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