SCREEN command and MCEdit under SLES9

[Pavel Tsekov]

Hello,

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, amezquit at wellsfargo.com wrote:

>  I used MCEdit as my text editor on Linux mainframe. I learned of the
> SCREEN command and have been playing around with but noticed that when I
> invoke SCREEN and then go into MCEdit, the PK keys that function
> normally in MCEdit outside of SCREEN no longer work. Keys such as PF2
> (Save), PF5 (Copy) and PF6 (Move) will not work when MCEdit is running
> under SCREEN. Only PF10 (Quit) functions properly. When I press PF2 in
> MCEdit under SCREEN, what appears is 12~ and if I press PF5 or PF6,
> nothing at all happens.
>
>  Is anyone familiar with this problem and if so, what needs to be done
> to allow MCEdit PF keys to function normally when running under SCREEN?
> Might it be a TERCAP setting? Any assistance would be appreciated.


Please, try starting MC by passing it the -x command line option if your 
MC supports it.