In addition to VxJasonxV’s answer (which is correct), if you want to modify your terminal behavior so using up or down does a pageup/pagedown in vim (and others), you can go to:
Terminal -> Preferences -> Click on the Settings Toolbar, then the Keyboard Tab.
Add a new keys like this: (showing one example below)
Here’s an example with the “Cursor up”:
Now you can press Up/Down and it will do the pageup/down. I suggest you add a modifier (like Control). Sadly, you can’t use the “Fn” key as a modifier.
Note: By default, Control + Cursor Left is delete until the end of the line and control+cursor right is insert (in vim at least), so you can use another modifier if you don’t want to change those.
answered Dec 4, 2010 at 4:06 Martin Marconcini Martin Marconcini 21.8k 1 1 gold badge 62 62 silver badges 87 87 bronze badges Where can I find the correct control sequences? Such as the \033[5~ in your screen shot? Commented Dec 4, 2010 at 13:18 @Patrick Here’s a list of some of them: web.mit.edu/gnu/doc/html/screen_10.html (googled it) ;) Commented Dec 4, 2010 at 17:39 Thanks! I didn't know what to search for. Now that I know the page, it is clear to me. Commented Dec 4, 2010 at 18:39There are two answers to this question.
The first is globally useable. I'll assume you're on a narrow/laptop keyboard. In those instances, Fn + Down ▼ acts as Page Down, and just to expand that thought out entirely:
This will not work properly in some applications. Those that come to mind are things like vim , less , screen , and other "full screen/ncurses menued" programs. The above keystrokes scroll the terminal window, but if the terminal window has not been paged, then scrolling won't accomplish anything.
The second half of the answer is one that I can't answer without more detail.
If I haven't answered your question, you will need to elaborate on it, heavily.
