what to do with rxvt-unicode terminfo bug

Jörg Sommer joerg at alea.gnuu.de
Sat Jun 21 18:11:25 UTC 2008


Hallo G.,

G. Milde schrieb am Wed 18. Jun, 15:51 (+0200):
> Problem
> +++++++
> 
> There is a wrong definition is in the terminfo entry for rxvt-unicode
> in the terminfo database.
>    
>    John reported this to ncurses-base on Sat, 13 Oct 2007:
> 
>      Debian Bug report logs - #446444
>      Wrong key definition in rxvt-unicode terminfo file

> Workaround
> ++++++++++
> 
> I use the following workaround in my ~/.jed/jed.rc
> 
>   % fix rxvt-unicode bug (Debian bug #446444)
>   % resulting in inkonsistent keydef error
>   #ifndef XWINDOWS   
>   require("keydefs");
>   if (Key_Shift_Ins == "\e2$")
>      Key_Shift_Ins = "\e[2$";
>   #endif
> 
> 
> Strategy
> ++++++++
> 
> c) provide a fix, e.g. the above patch to /etc/jed.d/05jed-common.sl?

I would go for this. Any objections?

Bye, Jörg.
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