Re: BS changed to give ^? instead of ^H?

[Isaac To <kkto@csis.hku.hk>]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Smith <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com> writes:

    it> If you look down, you'll find that the keycode is said to be '"'.
    it> Of course, this is not really the case.  It actually want to say the
    it> keycode is ^?, and enclose it between double quotes.  But the ^?
    it> actually deletes the leading double quote.

    Paul> I don't understand this at all... the keycode for backspace is 22,
    Paul> not ^?, and xmodmap -pke doesn't generate output in quotes.

    Paul> Where should I look for the cause of this?  I need BS to give ^H,
    Paul> like it always used to do.

Oops, sorry, I mean XLookUpString returns you "^?".

    Paul> I've never used gnome-terminal.  I use rxvt almost exclusively.
    Paul> Maybe a few xterms by accident.

    Paul> So, something changed in the rxvt/xterm builds?  I checked all the
    Paul> app-defaults and couldn't find anything.  Do I have to recompile
    Paul> them locally?

Look for the /etc/X11/Xmodmap files if you REALLY want BackSpace to give you
^H rather than DEL.

Regards,
Isaac.