zsh - Delete and Arrow keys do not work correctly [answered]

answered 2015-10-31 00:37:16 +0200

hlub
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This kind of problem is usually caused by a missing entry for your terminal in the host systems terminfo database.

For example: on my big machine $TERM = rxvt-unicode-256color. When I ssh into my telephone, the shell will inherit this value of $TERM, but there is no entry for rxvt-unicode-256color under my Jolla's /usr/share/terminfo/r, resulting in exactly the behaviour you describe.

Ther are several ways around this problem (assuming you have TERM=weird-terminal, and less-weird-terminal is known on the Jolla - xterm or vt100 will work)

• put export TERM=less-weird-terminal in your zshrc, or
• copy the relevant terminfo file from your host system to the telephone, or
• make a symlink to a sufficciently related terminfo entry (ln -s less-weird-terminal weird-terminal)
• The best solution: dump your terminfo entry to a text file, and recompile it on the Jolla