using mma in a terminal: cursors doesn't work
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: using mma in a terminal: cursors doesn't work
- From: Erland Wittkoetter <erland at spock.physik.uni-konstanz.de>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 93 17:11:20 -0600
Hello Usually I work on my NextStation (NextStep 3.1) with the Mma Notebook. But sometimes I use mma also on the Unix Terminal of my Nextstation. On this terminal I use the "tcsh", which is much more convenient then the usual "csh". Inspecially I can use my cursor keys to insert or to change the characters in the current line, which I have already written (or change old inputs). Unfortuntely these is not possible in mma and this makes me sometimes really angry. Instead of going left with a cursor, I get :"^[[D"; and "^[[C" with my right cursor. On the tcsh, I can go up and down in the history of the already given commands (this is very useful !). Does anyone already got the cursors working, or does anyone know how to change e.g. the init.m file (I use the standard /Mathematica22.app/StartUp/init.m ), so that the terminal version accept the cursor keys. Without this abilities the current terminal version is really on a unacceptable stage. Best wishes Erland Wittkoetter --- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Erland Wittkoetter -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Uni Konstanz, Dept.of Physics, LS Dehnen, PO.Box 5560, 78434 Konstanz Phone: +(49) 7531-88-3747 FAX. +(49) 7531-88-3888 (priv.) Abendbergweg 7, 78465 Konstanz,Germany, Phone:+(49)7531-43078 E-mail: erland at spock.physik.uni-konstanz.de phwitt at nyx.uni-konstanz.de -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-