Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 11:22:26 +0100 From: rene@xs4all.nl To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: djed@chilli.net.au, anne@ibb.net Subject: console 'spcial keys' interpretation. WAS: re: screen package interpreting backspace as ~ Message-ID: <20020105112226.L15007@xs4all.nl>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rene@xs4all.nl> > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 5:59 PM > Subject: screen package interpreting backspace as ~ > > > > Hi. I'm running screen version 3.09.08 (FAU) 1-Sep-00, and would like to > > teach it to interpret the backspace key as being backspace, instead of > > '~' I'm using: $ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (i386--freebsd4.4) I've looked at several possible solutions to this; none work so far. 1= == On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 12:16:56PM +0200, Christoph Sold wrote: > stty erase <Ctl>-V <Backspace> > let's try: BASH: $ stty erase <Ctl>-V <Backspace> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `<Backspace>' SCREEN: $ stty erase <Ctl>-V <Backspace bash: Ctl: No such file or directory 2= == So that tip I can't get to work... :( Searched google.com for some time, got dazed by the complexity of unix terminals and finally found http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard/keyboard.html But those tips listed there do not work 100% correct for Screen. instead, Screen now interprets <backspace> as <delete>, which might be considered 'better', but I'm still not happy! ;-) I think this must be because somehow my bash config files aren't being read in when screen is started; at least my aliases are not available.... somehow, it does seem to use /etc/inputrc though (could be because the parent Bash process used it).. <delete> (stty erase2) is now interpreted correctly, and <backspace> (stty erase) has become <delete>. Anne says that $ bind "\C-?": backward-delete-char should fix this type of problem on the fly, but alas; screen stays stubborn. I could use some more tips... ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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