http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103320 Bug ID: 1103320 Summary: screen running with TERM=screen.xterm is broken Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.0 Hardware: x86-64 OS: All Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Other Assignee: mls@suse.com Reporter: bwiedemann@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: alexander_naumov@opensuse.org, jdsn@suse.com Found By: Development Blocker: --- After upgrading from 42.3 to 15.0 I found that bug 940459 was re-introduced in 15.0 when the ncurses changes in bug 935736 were reverted by Werner via https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/497888 People say "use tmux instead" and indeed, tmux uses TERM=screen in its virtual windows, which works fine. But screen uses TERM=screen.xterm which breaks alt-leftarrow (and ctrl-leftarrow) to skip a word in bash prompt - even locally. and over ssh to a SLE-12 it is a total mess anyway (see old bugs). Also, you cannot override it using a 'term screen' in .screenrc or with ^A:term screen or with screen -T screen which is a bug in itself because documentation clearly says that this should work. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.