2011/10/21, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux(a)gmail.com>:
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Andras Simon
<szajmi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have tried that too. For lines like these,
>>
>> bind ^a^[[D prev
>> bind ^a^[[C next
>>
>> I get an error like this:
>>
>> bind character ^x, or (octal) \032 expected.
>
> Are you sure you need that ^a there? I'd think that's not part of the
> key. Also, if I were you, I'd try a simple key (one corresponding to a
> printable ascii character) first, not the cursor keys. Who knows what
> special syntax those need to be specified in.
>
I have tried that, without the ^a it simply ignores the cursor keys. :(
That said a line like this (with printable characters) work as expected:
bind ' ' windowlist -b
The above shows me the windowlist on pressing C-a <space> in screen.
Similarly this attempt to interchange C-a n and C-a p also works.
bind n prev
bind p next
OK, so it works (and you don't need the escape key, as expected, based
on the man page).
Am I getting the cursor key codes wrong?
Yes, probably.
I am getting the ASCII values
by quoting the cursor keys with C-v in bash. Is there a way to get the
octal numbers somehow?
Now that you know where the problem lies, a little googling combined
with some experimentation should get you there (or leave you
frustrated :-)). I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
Andras
Andras