Re: [dev] [st] problems with terminfo entries and zsh

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:14:49 +0100

Greetings.

On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:14:49 +0100 Martti Kühne <mysatyre_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Although I couldn't exactly verify what the ${terminfo[_AT_]} array is,
> I'm going to assume it is a zsh builtin interface to the terminfo
> database, as some sources seem to suggest.
> looking at [0] line 142 sets khome=\E[1~, line 27 sets dch1=\E[P, as
> well as line 57 that sets kcbt=\E[Z...
>
> Personally I do have issues with NumLk/PgUp/F1-F12 keys in my latest
> st builds, of which I'm not sure how recent they are. I didn't look
> deeper into the issue though, as I can work around things everywhere.
> I find it amazing that st doesn't seem to be able to get them right,
> which IMHO includes them being broken the way the commonly used
> abstractions expect them to be. And yes I know I'm being totally
> inconsiderate and lazy right here.

Debugging terminfo is something everyone can do. Find out what your ap‐
plication is sending and what st might expect. If it’s not what you ex‐
pect, look at both, if one is doing it imperfect. Then decide if the er‐
ror is in the abstraction of most common terminal emulators. If they add
some strange exception it could be discussed here, if it’s worth adding
this quirk to st.

Since I’m not using all kind of key combinations every day it’s impossi‐
ble to debug all of them and changing terminal software. Users need to
debug and send patches on their own.


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Mon Mar 17 2014 - 18:14:49 CET