Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:27:58 +0200 From: Jordan Gordeev <jgordeev@dir.bg> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace key "<-" not mapping to ^H Message-ID: <45E52EFE.9000301@dir.bg> In-Reply-To: <20070228035543.GA77041@thought.org> References: <20070228035543.GA77041@thought.org>
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Gary Kline wrote: > I'm not sure whether this just in Ubuntu or in the Gnome desktop > or what, but for days, when I type mail in vi in mutt, sometimes > I get a "^?" when I hit the backspace. ^H still works to back up > and correct my typos, but that's lots more work that what my > fingers are accustomed to. It may be when I'm ssh'd across > servers. I thought I'd ask here before I dig into this. I think > a new xterm was recently updated in ports; not sure if tat is a > factor or not. > > xev understands that the b'space key is a backspace and tells me > the keycode. Should I just us xmodmaprc to fix this? thanks > for any clues!! > > gary > > > See stty(1) and termios(4). You should modify the erase or erase2 values.
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