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

From: Santtu Lakkala inz at inz.fi
Date: Fri Jan 2 14:22:43 EET 2009
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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?

The problem is probably that busybox echo does not support -e. You'll
need to use real esc instead of escaping it.

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Santtu Lakkala
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