In your favourite shell, type Control+V then an arrow key. You willsee the actual character sequence generated by the arrow. Depending onthe terminals, the sequence is not the same. This is why readline (or equivalent) has to be configured.
Vincent, you are the super-man! :) For cursor left: On toswin the output is: ^[D On conholio the output is: ^[[D Maybe this can be used to fix the problem - anyway, very interesting feature.... Greets, Ole