Re: lost my backspace key - solved, new question

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

David Bellows <bfootdav@mindspring.com> wrote:
>OK, I checked out the manpage for xmodmap and figured out how to get my
>backspace key to work properly.  I then inserted the following line into
>my ~/.bashrc file:
>xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
>This does work. My question is, is this the best place to put such a
>command?  Is there a better way to solve the problem?  BTW, I discovered
>that my backspace key had been remapped to delete, giving me two delete
>buttons.

Have you read the section on "Why doesn't my backspace, delete, or some
other key work?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz?

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]