Re: readline: edit (mode:vi) means eol unreachable

[Hugh Sasse]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:

> Hugh Sasse wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:
> 
> > If I invoke an xterm from my session, using it with Exceed
> > version 8, I get a different kind of bug, namely that moving left
> > with the cursor key takes me out of insert mode and removes the
> > rightmost character from the display. 
> 
> This isn't a bug.  It just means that the termcap/terminfo entry doesn't

Sorry, that was badly phrased.

> provide the right entries that allow the key sequences output by the
> arrow keys to be bound to the motion commands you want.  You can do
> this yourself; the easiest way to find out the key sequence output by
> an arrow key is to use `cat -v'.

Where should I look to see how the correct "out of the box" behaviour
is defined?  If I'm to modify PuTTY's terminfo till it works correctly,
I will need to know what the definition of "correct" is.   I know that
bash allows subsequent key bindings, and that I can customise things
afterwards.
> 
> Chet
        Thank you,
        Hugh