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top: attempt to provide missing xterm vim keys support
A recent issue (and merge request) reminded me of gaps in top's alternate 'vim' navigation keys support. Some xterm emulators do not pass the customary strings when keys were used with the <Ctrl> and/or <Alt> modifiers. While it was a known problem, this issue/merge request prompted research into the root cause. As it turns out the problem is traceable to an X resource known by the name 'eightBitInput'. When 'true' (the default), a key pressed in combination with <Alt> will not be preceded by the <Esc> character. Rather, a single character was presented (modified via an 'eightBitMeta' X resource). The following approaches would eliminate this problem: . start xterm thus: xterm -xrm '*eightBitInput: false' . use: ~/.Xresources with 'Xterm*eightBitInput: false' . build xterm with 'configure --enable-meta-sends-esc' ( apparently used for CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, etc. ) . enable xterm's menu via 'configure --enable-toolbar' ( so the user can set the 'Meta Sends Escape' option ) Of course, none of the above steps is desirable from a user's perspective. So, this patch will add additional entries to the iokey function's tinfo_tab to represent strings passed when the <Alt> key does not send <Esc>. [ hopefully they'll be the same across all platforms ] Lastly, this patch will also eliminate those redundant <Atl> + '\', '/', '<' & '>' provisions, which now seem like overkill and suffer from that same 'eightBitMeta' xterm problem. And we might as well say goodbye to the 4 '<Alt> + arrow key' table entries (which do not seem to currently work with any emulator which I can find). [ what in the world was I thinking way back in 2011? ] Reference(s): . issue #135 . merge request !84 Signed-off-by:Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
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