Re: Backspace is delete
On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 08:52, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 07:47:38PM +0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
> > Maybe I'm just being a clueless newbie, but I can't find where to put the
> > ^H back into my Backspace in X text applications.
>
> You should probably read /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Search
> for "Why doesn't my backspace, delete, or some other key work?". It's
> possible you've got too many uses of xmodmap and .Xresources
> *Translations - backspace and delete *should* work correctly out of the
> box now.
at least for me on sid, emacs is unusable if I telnet into a solaris
box, b/c everytime I hit backspace I get ctrl-h which to them is help.
I haven't investigated it (as I don't telnet into solaris boxes often)
but its something I've noticed.
shaya
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