Problem with arrow keys in x-based applications on cygwin

Thomas Dickey dickey@his.com
Mon Jan 28 14:16:00 GMT 2008


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Per Thorlacius wrote:

> Hi
>
> Im running the newest version of Cygwin on Win 2k Pro. In the Cygwin
> standard shell my left and right arrow keys work fine. However, if I
> start an xterm or any other x-based application from the cygwin
> standard shell, the left and right arrow keys are not working in the
> x-based application. I am starting the x-server using the following
> parameters:

Do the arrow keys send escape sequences, or are they entirely ignored?
(The latter is a keyboard problem as you're suggesting, the former may be 
simpler).

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