Re: [Gnuplot-info] erratic key stroke response in gnuplot

[Jon <dev...@gm...>]

2010/9/25 Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBB...@t-...>

> On 25.09.2010 22:24, Jon wrote:
>
>  I had raised this issue some time ago, but was persuaded that it could be
>> due to the operation system setting instead of gnuplot itself.
>>
>
> It is.  It's regularly caused by a mismatch of the character encoding used
> by the terminal (emulator) and the terminal setting.  Double-check your TERM
> environment variable, gnuplot build options (readline or not), and the
> settings of your terminal emulator (PuTTY in your case).
>

This could be the case as well. The laptop I am using is lenovo x61s. The
whole keyboard is separated into several "isolated" parts. The
misfunctioning keys are separated from the character keys and are located on
the very upper part of the keyboard. So, it could send some unusual
character encoding. The reason I didn't doubt this too much is that these
unusual character keys(if there were) can be correctly interpreted by the
remote computer's linux system. So, why not within gnuplot?

Please let me know how to check "TERM environment variable, gnuplot build
options (readline or not), and the settings of your terminal emulator (PuTTY
in your case)" I am not familiar with these things, thank you very much for
your kind help.