re: ATerm backspace/delete quesion
Geoff Wing (gcw@pobox.com)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:34:54 +1100
Andy Harrison <andy@nachoz.com> typed:
:I can't get the backspace/delete keys working properly. Under normal
:circumstances, it works fine. However, I run a few quake servers and when I
:bring the quake server console back up (under screen), neither backspace nor
:delete works properly, also attempted with shift, alt, and control keys. It
:doesn't matter whether I'm using screen or not. The exact same symptoms occur
:at the nslookup prompt.
:I tried compiling with and without the --disable-backspace-key
:--disable-delete-key options and it made little difference. When it's disable,
:it simply presents me with a ^H instead of a different garbage character
:sequence.
Ah, _do not_ include --disable-backspace-key and --disable-delete-key in the
configure. To get all you rxvt/aterm terms to do the same thing, put:
XTerm*backspacekey: "\177"
XTerm*deletekey: "\033[3~"
in your ~/.Xdefaults (or ~/.Xresources if you don't have ~/.Xdefaults)
Change to suit your tastes, eg. from memory, Linux users might like:
XTerm*backspacekey: "\008"
XTerm*deletekey: "\177"
If you do it this way, don't forget that you may need change your
``stty erase'' setting via your shells' startup files:
eg. ``stty erase "^H"'' or ``stty erase "^?"''
Regards,
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