Re: Backspace in rxvt

[Andreas Tille <e2od5@mlucom.urz.Uni-Halle.DE>]

On Wed, 7 May 1997, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:

> >>>>> "Jens" == Jens B Jorgensen <jjorgens@bdsinc.com> writes:
> 
>     Jens> If typing Backspace on the shell command line prints "^H"
>     Jens> rather than doing a backspace, type the command "stty erase
>     Jens> ^h" (make sure you type "^" and "h", not CTRL-h. Note that
>     Jens> this only changes the current shell (terminal) so you'll
>     Jens> probably want to put it in your .profile.
> 
>  I have the same problem--- in an `rxvt`, <-Backspace prints a '~', so
> I have to use C-h to backwards-delete-char.  `stty` doesn't effect it
> at all, as far as I can tell.  I think it's a bug in `rxvt`.
No matter if I follow the hint of Jens (stty erase ^h) or not

   <Backspace> does the job I expect of <Del> (delete under cursor)
   <Del> does: <Beep>~

It is really a bug of rxvt? (As I mentioned xterm works OK)

Andreas.


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