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From: peter@volvo.se (peter h}kanson)
Subject: Re: Making edit/arrow keys work for bash
References: <4048pb$s8n@xymox.dsw.com>
Organization: Volvo Corp.
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 19:32:09 GMT
Message-ID: <DD0BLL.CDA@volvo.se>
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In article <4048pb$s8n@xymox.dsw.com>, Pete Kruckenberg <pete@inquo.net> wrote:
>I'm having trouble getting the edit/arrow keys to work properly with 
>bash. The only way they seem to work is with a telnet (vt100) su session. 
>Other than that, none of the arrow and editing keys work. I assume this 
>is a problem with the termcap file, since these keys work fine in the 
>same bash version under FreeBSD and Linux.
>
>Could someone help me fix this problem?
>
>Pete Kruckenberg
>pete@inquo.net
>