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Date:      Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:19:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        Gene Harris <zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xterm behavior
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.991025151800.8409E-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910250959580.11525-100000@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>

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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Gene Harris wrote:

> I have just started using X11 heavily.  Whenever I start
> xterm, I have to change the backspace rules to unclick the
> back arrow selection.  How do I modify the xterm start-up to
> recognize that my backspace key sends a ^? instead of a ^H?

set the Xresource XTerm*ttyModes.
You want something like 

XTerm*ttyModes: erase ^?

in your .xresources file.


David Scheidt



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