[maemo-developers] xterm cant escape so my cursor is homeless (echo -e "\033[H")

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 07:11:48AM -0600, tz wrote:
> I just tried to do some basic cursor movement using ansi sequences,
> but they don't work in the standard xterm. I know vim and other
> things work but they may be using the panels or some other library.
> Is this just not implemented, or does it use something completely non
> ANSI/VTxx?

It is essentially the same as GNOME Terminal, which is more or less
xterm-compatible.

What exactly did you try?  echo -e '\033[H' makes the cursor jump to the
top-left when I try it.

Marius Gedminas
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