Re: backspace/delete at the console
On Fri, 30 May 1997, donk wrote:
> Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete
> doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply
> "~" and a beep. I finally mapped ^D to the Delete key which produces the
> desired results (deletes current char. over the cursor) but seems wrong to
> me. Is there a better way to do this and has anyone else experienced this
> problem? Thanks.
The June 1997 issue (38) of Linux Journal ( http://www.ssc.com/lj/ )
has an article that covers a number of linux and X related keyboard
issues.
Your solution may cause problems with the way Debian fixes motif
Backspace and Delete. You can fix that by editing /etc/X11/Xresources.
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