| Re: up/down arrows not working in IDLDE [message #32606 is a reply to message #32566] |
Sat, 19 October 2002 14:09   |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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Rick Towler wrote:
>
> "Reimar Bauer" <R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> wrote
>> Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 03:04:47 -0400, Reimar Bauer put fingers to
>>> keyboard and said:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:20:21 -0400, Reimar Bauer put fingers to
>>>> >keyboard and said:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >>Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:30:25 -0400, Bruce Bowler put fingers to
>>>> >>>keyboard and said:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>>Oddball problem...
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>I'm running IDL 5.5a on a redhat 7.2 system.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>In IDLDE, the up and down arrow keys don't move the cursor up and
>>>> >>>>down in the "view" window. The left and right arrows work fine in
>>>> >>>>the view window. The up and down arrows seem to work fine in all
> the
>>>> >>>>other applications that I've tried.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>Any ideas?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>I hate following up to my own posts, but not as much as I hate
> leaving
>>>> >>>out details... The up/down arrows *WORK* in the "command" window.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Please switch your terminal into "linux console" then it works.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Huh??? I don't understand what you mean...
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Did you know this article:
>>>> http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/commandedit.html
>>>
>>>
>>> No, I didn't, but I do now. Perhaps I'm being exceedingly dense, but
>>> what is the "console window"? When I right click on the window where I
>>> have this problem (remember, it's ONLY the up/down arrows that don't
> work
>>> and ONLY in the "view" window, in the "command" window they work fine),
>>> there isn't an option that says anything about "linux console" or
>>> anything even similar.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>
>> Dear Bruce,
>>
>> what kind of desktop are you using is it kde or what is it?
>>
>> Where did you type ls to list a directory? Normally this is a console.
>>
>> Hope this helps a bit
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Reimar
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>
> Bruce's problem is with IDLDE, not with command recall in his terminal so
> the above tip doesn't help. Maybe his mistake is using IDLDE and not
> using IDLWAVE but maybe he came from win32 land and is having a hard time
> giving IDLDE up.
Normally at our systems this is the same problem. Did you have other
experiences?
Reimar
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