Using the alt key doesn't work

[jcjordyn130]

I've tried messing with TERM and DVTM_TERM and for whatever reason I can't get alt to work.

[ghost]

ALT + key a combination of escape + key and another key.

If you enter cat and then press ALT + somekey, what do you see?

[refacto]

I also have weird behaviour using the alt key.

Input: alt + <letter/number> Output: ^[1^[a^[2^[b

Input: alt + <arrowkey> Output: nothing

I would like the alt + <arrowkey> combination to work, as it makes switching channels in irssi much easier.

[ghost]

@refacto: A workaround for having the life easier before a patch fix this: you can use

• ctrl + n next channel
• ctrl + p previous channel
• alt + [number] to jump to channel number
• alt + a to jump to last channel with activity

Of course the real solution is having it fixed in dvtm.

[ghost]

On my side, I have ^[[1;3D (so it works). Maybe it is a dvtm, maybe it is a libtermkey bug...

@refacto: do you have some more info about the escape sequences you send to dvtm?

As an example, you can check (this time outside dvtm) with cat + enter and then some arrow key.

Also, the output of echo $TERM would be useful.

This will help to reproduce the issue.

[refacto]

Thanks, this helps a bunch! :)

On 29 March 2018 16:19:06 CEST, "Josuah Demangeon⠠⠵" [email protected] wrote:

@refacto: A workaround for having the life easier before a patch fix this: you can use

• ctrl + n next channel
• ctrl + p previous channel
• alt + [number] to jump to channel number
• alt + a to jump to last channel with activity

Of course the real solution is having it fixed in dvtm.