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Re: delete key doesn't work with csh in xterm session



Croy, Nathan <NCroy@comdata.com> wrote:
>> For users using /bin/csh and running rxvt-xterm, their delete 
>> key does not
>> work.
>> Users running /bin/bash and running rxvt-xterm, their delete 
>> key does work.
>> 
>> Both delete keys work on an ssh session.
>> I've looke through google, and found some items on setting delete keys
>> manually but they do not appear to be applying correctly for csh.
>> I've run accross references to two methods for setting the delete key:
>> bindkey "e[^H" delete-char        # Delete
>> and
>> stty echoe erase ^H

> try that without the "echoe" and press the <BACKSPACE> key for the "^H"

> i.e.
> stty erase <BACKSPACE><ENTER>

you usually need a control/V to prevent it from being interpreted.

> if it works, i think it could be put in a .cshrc

that, too...

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Thomas E. Dickey
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