I recently changed my default terminal to rxvt. It spawns really fast, can be run in server-client mode and is higly configurable. I think it might be the best terminal currently around.
But I experienced strange behavior of the numpad while running the Vi editor.
And this is how it can be fixed. Please note that i map only the numbers and not the arrow keys, because I use the Neo keyboard layout, where great arrow keys are available on Level 4.
1. Create/open a file in your home directory called .Xmodmap:
vim .Xmodmap
and add the following lines:
keycode 63 = KP_Multiply
keycode 79 = KP_7
keycode 80 = KP_8
keycode 81 = KP_9
keycode 82 = KP_Subtract
keycode 83 = KP_4
keycode 84 = KP_5
keycode 85 = KP_6
keycode 86 = KP_Add
keycode 87 = KP_1
keycode 88 = KP_2
keycode 89 = KP_3
keycode 90 = KP_0
keycode 91 = KP_Decimal
keycode 112 = Prior
keycode 117 = Next
3. Open your .zshrc or .bashrc depending on the shell you use:
vim .zshrc
and add the following line:
export TERM=ansi
I found this in a forum:
A cleaner solution to this problem would probably be editing your ~/.Xdefaults for urxvt instead of changing the keymap for the whole system.
In order to get the numpad working in my zsh+urxvt+vim setup I had to add these lines:
URxvt.keysym.KP_Add: +
URxvt.keysym.KP_Subtract: –
URxvt.keysym.KP_Multiply: *
URxvt.keysym.KP_Divide : /
URxvt.keysym.KP_Decimal : .
URxvt.keysym.KP_Separator : ,
URxvt.keysym.KP_1: 1
URxvt.keysym.KP_2: 2
URxvt.keysym.KP_3: 3
URxvt.keysym.KP_4: 4
URxvt.keysym.KP_5: 5
URxvt.keysym.KP_6: 6
URxvt.keysym.KP_7: 7
URxvt.keysym.KP_8: 8
URxvt.keysym.KP_9: 9
URxvt.keysym.KP_0: 0