Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:00:29 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backspace and delete keys behavior Message-ID: <20040730130029.3b8e7525@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <410A0E81.9090903@daleco.biz> References: <200407300116.27351.mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> <410A0E81.9090903@daleco.biz>
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:01:53 -0500 "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Mariano Guadagnini wrote: > > >Hi guys, I am new to Freebsd (after years of linux) and, althought system > >installation and configuration was quite seamlessly, I've an issue with the > >delete key of my keyboard (101 keys us layout): In xterm, the backspace key > >works ok, but when I press del, it prints the "~" character, instead of > >deleting . I have read it has something to do with keyboard layout config, > >but I couldn't find out how to fix it. So, any ideas? > > > >Thanks, (and forgive my poor english) > > > > > >Mariano Guadagnini > >Argentina > > > > > > what does: > > >echo $TERM > > give you? > > It could possibly be the wrong terminal type --- try the following > at the CLI (depending on which shell)... > > csh/tcsh: > > $setenv TERM xterm-color itetcu@it> /home/itetcu/.dc [12:26:07] 0 % echo $TERM xterm itetcu@it> /home/itetcu/.dc [12:58:58] 0 % setenv TERM xterm-color itetcu@it> /home/itetcu/.dc [12:59:11] 0 % echo $TERM xterm-color itetcu@it> /home/itetcu/.dc [12:59:15] 0 % das~~~~das Where the ~ are made by pressing delete. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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