what is converting ESC[4~ to ^[[e ???

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From: Kent Tong
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 00:00

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The keytable says clearly that the "End" key generates the
ascii sequence of ESC[4~ but bash seems to be receiving
the sequence of ^[[e when the "End" key is pressed. Is the
tty driver performing this transformation? If not, what is?
Why?


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Kent Tong
Freeman Installer ==> http://www.netnet.net/users/freeman/

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