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From: andrew@gurney.zeta.org.au (Andrew Reilly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Backspace = ^H
Date: 25 Mar 1997 23:11:49 GMT
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In article <87g1xkqe8d.fsf@erlenstar.demon.co.uk>,
Andrew Gierth <andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk> writes:
> From a user's point of view, and assuming a PC keyboard, there are two keys
> to consider; the <- (backspace) key, and the "Delete" key. Normal user
> expectations require <- to behave as a *destructive* backspace, and "Delete"
> to be 'delete character forward' (kdch1 in terminfo-speek). This can best be
> achieved by having <- generate DEL, having "Delete" generate an escape
> sequence, and defaulting to 'stty erase ^?'. (Which is what I have done on
> my system, and have done in the past to many other Unix flavours, terminals
> and terminal emulators.) This leaves ^h free, which keeps Emacs happy.
> Having "Delete" generate ^h is insane, and likely to confuse people
> considerably.
Yes, but which escape sequence, and how do you do that?
I've discovered that using xmodmap to make the "<-" key
return "Delete" makes emacs happy, but Netscape and other
Motif-style applications insist on "BackSpace". So what's
one to do?
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Andrew Reilly: reilly@zeta.org.au