At 11:02 PM +0100 3/13/02, Michel Dänzer wrote:
On Mit, 2002-03-13 at 01:29, Mark Burgess wrote: > I just yesterday got 2.2r5 installed on a 7200/75 -- works great -- > but the backspace key does not work right in bash. Ctrl-h does work > but I'd like the Delete key to do the same. The key behaviour isn't specific to the shell but maybe to the terminal emulator. multi-gnome-terminal has options 'Swap Delete/Backspace' and 'Delete generates DEL/^H' I've had to play with.
Hm, true. The backspace works fine in the console. OTOH it also works fine in vi through xterm... it just seems to be busted in bash through xterm.
multi-gnome-terminal, with the Swap Delete/Backspace setting checked, seems to work ok (more or less... the forward delete and the regular delete both delete the character behind the cursor). It launches a lot slower than xterm on this old machine though. I will have to try some others to see if they are any better.
Unfortunately I turned off the menubar so I will have to figure out how to turn it back on before I can mess around with any more settings. :-( I do not have a Menu widget in my titlebar (running WindowMaker) and don't have multi-button mouse emulation working yet.
Thanks, -- Mark