Date: 24 Oct 2002 16:02:05 -0700 From: Michael Morris <memorris@christsgarden.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backspace and del keys Message-ID: <1035500526.273.33.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> In-Reply-To: <002001c27b95$f7f705e0$f7808c96@LocalHost> References: <1035470680.2126.16.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> <002001c27b95$f7f705e0$f7808c96@LocalHost>
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Thanks for the quick response. Both of the keys on the keyboard marked "Delete", above the cursor movement keys and in the numeric keypad appear to do the same thing. I have tried this inthe virtual console tty, XTerm, Konsole, and ETerm and they pretty much behave the same. This was done at the command line in sh, csh, and bash. It was also tried in vim and Some GUI apps like Evolution. At the virtual console tty pressing the Delete key deletes the character to the left of the cursor rather than the one below it. In XTer and ETerm is insets a tilde character. In Konsole it depends which keyboard I have selected in Settings -> Keyboard. when the VT420PC is selected it deletes the character to the left of the cursor. With any of the others selected it inserts the tilde. In vim (console based) it deletes the character under the cursor but cursor movement keys used while in insert mode insert control characters. GUI apps like Evolution and GAIM seem to work fine as well. The keyboard is a Microsoft Internet Keyboard. It seems to work well with Linux (bash) and Windows. I'm not sure what conclusions to draw from these symptoms but some assistance would be greatly appreciated. Michael On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 12:44, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > "Michael Morris" <memorris@christsgarden.org> writes: > : The question/problem I am facing now is a keyboard issue. The delete > : key is interpreted the same a the backspace key. Can that be changed > : and where would I look for the info needed to change it? > > What delete key? What are you trying to when you discover > the apparent 'equality' of backspace and del? Are you in > a virtual console tty? In X11? Are you running any programs > at the time? What programs? > > Giorgos. > > PS: I have moved the thread in freebsd-questions. The -newbies > list is not for asking general questions. Please keep it here. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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