Re: Backspace is delete

[dman <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 05:39:27PM +0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
| Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
| >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.
| 
| Thank you.  Unfortunately, the author of the FAQ offers a polemical diatribe
| supporting one side of a religious debate, rather than a solution to my
| problem (which would lie on the opposing side of said debate):
... 
| I won't go into all the historical distortions, mischaracterizations and
| outright errors presented above.

I'm interested in knowing the correct story, off-list if you think it
is inappropriate for the list.

| I'll simply note that it's my computer, and I would prefer that it
| behave the way I intend it to, to the fullest extent possible.
| 
| And, in this instance, the intent is that Backspace produce a backspace and
| Delete produce a delete.

If you want this in terminals, see 'man stty'.

Try :

stty erase ^H

to make the key that sends ^H to erase characters to the
left of the cursor.  I don't know what action ^? should be then.

HTH,
-D