SCREEN command and MCEdit under SLES9 (fwd)

[Pavel Tsekov]

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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:30:22 -0500
From: amezquit at wellsfargo.com
To: ptsekov at gmx.net
Subject: RE: SCREEN command and MCEdit under SLES9


   That worked, starting MCEdit -x and now all the PF keys function
properly in SCREEN. Thank you very much.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:ptsekov at gmx.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:38 AM
To: Amezquita, Mark A.
Cc: mc at gnome.org
Subject: Re: SCREEN command and MCEdit under SLES9

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.