From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 24 19: 1:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from apotheosis.org.za (apotheosis.org.za [137.158.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989A837B491 for ; Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwest@uct.ac.za) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 04:59:44 +0200 From: Matthew West To: j mckitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: annoying backspace problem in wterm Message-ID: <20010225045944.A31562@apotheosis.org.za> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew West , j mckitrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20010223142451.A29938@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010223142451.A29938@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from "j mckitrick" on Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:24:52PM Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:24:52PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > I wish there were a simple solution to the backspace problem in > general. Me too, it's incredibly irritating. > But there isn't. Okay, I want my backspace key to delete the > character to the left when pressed, and move the cursor back. Basic > stuff. This works in con25 and xterm, but in Wterm I can't get it > to work. I had the same problem with "aterm", which I also prefer over plain ol' xterm because of its transparency and tint options. (Makes for nice eyecandy.) I managed to get around it by removing the "--disable-backspace-key" option from CONFIGURE_ARGS directive in the port's Makefile. Perhaps recompile Wterm after making that change and see if that fixes it for you? -- mwest@uct.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message