On 8/2/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dan Track wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > When flicking through the tabs on my gnome terminal using "Ctrl+Page
> > Up" and "Ctrl+Page Down" I get a weird "5~5~" character repeat, until
> > I let go of the keys. This never used to happen on before FC4.
> >
> > Is there anyway I can solve this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dan
> >
>
> I have written a little program I call "keys" which I use to try
> to resolve such problems. It shows what a given key emits.
>
> $ keys
> ^[[5;5~
> '.' = 1B
> '[' = 5B
> '5' = 35
> ';' = 3B
> '5' = 35
> '~' = 7E
> '.' = 0A
>
> Ok, CTRL-PageUp and CTRL-PgUp (on numeric keypad) both generate
>
> <ESC> [ 5 ; 5 ~
>
> on my machine. So it seems that the "<ESC> [ 5 ;" is being eaten
> and interpreted as one keypress, and the "5~" is being interpreted
> as a second keypress, not being recognized, and emitted.
>
> Now, why that should be, I dunno. Do you have a $HOME/.Xdefaults
> file?
>
> Mike
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Hi Mike
Thanks for the reply.
Nope I don't have an .Xdefaults file. Its a standard install of FC4.
Any ideas, I don't know where to start looking for a problem like
this, and on top that google doesn't search items like "5~".
Any ideas?
Many Thanks
Dan
