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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Backspace doesn't work in Netscape
Date: 23 May 1997 10:02:27 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5m1pe8$h34@fridge-nf0.shore.net>,
nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) writes:
> Tom Misiak (misiak@foto.infi.net) wrote:
>
>: I'm using Netscape 2.x under FreeBSD 2.1 The backspace
>: key doesn't work. It's rather annoying to have to highlight text
>: with the mouse and retype. Any suggestions on what may help?
>: Also, if I try to paste any text into the netscape window, it
>: core dumps and dies, any suggestions?
>
> I have no idea why Netscape is dumping core with copy/paste, but
> this might work for the delete instead of C-h.
>
> Add this to your .Xdefaults:
>
> Netscape*XmText.translations: #override\n\
> <Key>osfDelete: delete-previous-character()
> Netscape*XmTextField.translations: #override\n\
> <Key>osfDelete: delete-previous-character()
Or just change XKeysymDB. It's already correct for people that
have <-- as ^h, but if you've got <-- as ^?, you've gotta switch
things.
Does anyone know what the score is here ? I have xmodmap making
my <-- key send ^?, I have XKeysymDB saying that ^? deletes, but
still, tk scripts insist on ^h being the only thing that will
rub out the last character. What's wrong with the terminal
erase character ? Is there a reason that anyone knows of that
tk doesn't use it ?
> --
> Nathan V. Patwardhan
> nvp@shore.net
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
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