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Date:      Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:19:53 -0800
From:      Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Backspaces converted to ^? -- want to get rid of ^? -_-...
Message-ID:  <20070203001953.GA13965@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702021544420.12303@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702021544420.12303@hymn07.u.washington.edu>

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On Fri, Feb 02, 2007, youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote:
>       Ok, this happens regularly on my FreeBSD box at home when I'm not 
>       su'ed in as root using vim, or the SuSe box at work when I VNC into 
>       it (using vim once again), and I'm frankly quite tired of lame 
>       control characters screwing up my day. Is there any way to fix this 
>       behavior so pressing backspace erases a character, not prints out a 
>       ^? character?

This is generally a function of your terminal emulator or xterm and is a
carryover from old DEC terminal's stupid keyboard mappings.

The attached XTerm file put in $HOME/XTerm will get xterms to send ctrl-h
from the backspace key.  Other programs like putty typically have a
keyboard configuration that permits setting the backspace key to send
either ctrl-H or a DEL character.

I leave it as an exercise for the student to figure out my other tweaks in
this file :-).

Bill
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!
!!
!! SAMPLE .Xdefaults / app-defaults  RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR XTERM
!!
!
!
!
!!
!! set default tty mode.
!!
!
!XTerm*ttyModes: intr ^? erase ^H kill ^U
!
!
!
!!
!! modify mouse functionality so that "Shift <Btn1Down>" has the same
!! functionality as "<Btn2Down>".
!!
!! The Ctrl<Btn2Down> xterm window menu CANNOT be popped up using
!! Shift Ctrl<Btn1Down>
!!
!
!*VT100*translations: #override\
!     Shift <Btn1Down>: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
!     Button1 <Btn3Down>: insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)
!
!*VT100*Scrollbar*translations: #override\
!     Shift <Btn1Down>:   StartScroll(Continuous) MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\
!     Shift <Btn1Motion>: MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\
!     Button1 <Btn3Down>:   StartScroll(Continuous) MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\
!     Button1 <Btn3Motion>: MoveThumb() NotifyThumb()
!
!
!
!!
!! menu resources
!!
!
!*SimpleMenu*BackingStore: NotUseful
!*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso*-*
!*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.vertSpace: 	100
!*SimpleMenu*HorizontalMargins: 16
!*SimpleMenu*Sme.height:	16
!
!*SimpleMenu*Cursor: left_ptr
!*mainMenu.Label:  Main Options
!*mainMenu*securekbd*Label:  Secure Keyboard
!*mainMenu*allowsends*Label:  Allow SendEvents
!*mainMenu*logging*Label:  Log to File
!*mainMenu*redraw*Label:  Redraw Window
!*mainMenu*suspend*Label:  Send STOP Signal
!*mainMenu*continue*Label:  Send CONT Signal
!*mainMenu*interrupt*Label:  Send INT Signal
!*mainMenu*hangup*Label:  Send HUP Signal
!*mainMenu*terminate*Label:  Send TERM Signal
!*mainMenu*kill*Label:  Send KILL Signal
!*mainMenu*quit*Label:  Quit
!
!*vtMenu.Label:  VT Options
!*vtMenu*scrollbar*Label:  Enable Scrollbar
!*vtMenu*jumpscroll*Label:  Enable Jump Scroll
!*vtMenu*reversevideo*Label:  Enable Reverse Video
!*vtMenu*autowrap*Label:  Enable Auto Wraparound
!*vtMenu*reversewrap*Label:  Enable Reverse Wraparound
!*vtMenu*autolinefeed*Label:  Enable Auto Linefeed
!*vtMenu*appcursor*Label:  Enable Application Cursor Keys
!*vtMenu*appkeypad*Label:  Enable Application Keypad
!*vtMenu*scrollkey*Label:  Scroll to Bottom on Key Press
!*vtMenu*scrollttyoutput*Label:  Scroll to Bottom on Tty Output
!*vtMenu*allow132*Label: Allow 80/132 Column Switching
!*vtMenu*cursesemul*Label:  Enable Curses Emulation
!*vtMenu*visualbell*Label:  Enable Visual Bell
!*vtMenu*marginbell*Label:  Enable Margin Bell
!*vtMenu*altscreen*Label:  Show Alternate Screen
!*vtMenu*softreset*Label:  Do Soft Reset
!*vtMenu*hardreset*Label:  Do Full Reset
!*vtMenu*tekshow*Label:  Show Tek Window
!*vtMenu*tekmode*Label:  Switch to Tek Mode
!*vtMenu*vthide*Label:  Hide VT Window
!
!*fontMenu.Label:  VT Fonts
!*fontMenu*fontdefault*Label:	Default
!*fontMenu*font1*Label:	6x10
!*VT100*font1:		6x10
!*fontMenu*font2*Label:	6x12
!*VT100*font2:		6x12
!*fontMenu*font3*Label:	9x15
!*VT100*font3:		9x15
!*fontMenu*font4*Label:	10x20
!*VT100*font4:		10x20
!*fontMenu*fontescape*Label:	Escape Sequence
!*fontMenu*fontsel*Label:		Selection
!!fontescape and fontsel overridden by application
!
!*tekMenu.Label:  Tek Options
!*tekMenu*tektextlarge*Label:  Large Characters
!*tekMenu*tektext2*Label:  #2 Size Characters
!*tekMenu*tektext3*Label:  #3 Size Characters
!*tekMenu*tektextsmall*Label:  Small Characters
!*tekMenu*tekpage*Label:  PAGE
!*tekMenu*tekreset*Label:  RESET
!*tekMenu*tekcopy*Label:  COPY
!*tekMenu*vtshow*Label:  Show VT Window
!*tekMenu*vtmode*Label:  Switch to VT Mode
!*tekMenu*tekhide*Label:  Hide Tek Window
!
*tek4014*fontLarge: 10x20
*tek4014*font2: 9x15
*tek4014*font3: 6x13
*tek4014*fontSmall: 6x10

XTerm*font:	10x20
XTerm*pointerShape:	arrow
XTerm*termName: xterm
XTerm*blink:			true
XTerm*loginShell:		true
XTerm*scrollBar:		true
! XTerm*cursorColor:		SlateBlue
XTerm*cursorColor:		red3
XTerm*backarrowKeyIsErase:	false
!XTerm*termName:  xterm-color
XTerm*background:	Grey95
!XTerm*background:	AntiqueWhite
!XTerm*background:	seashell2
!XTerm*background:	ivory2

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