On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Aaron Konstam wrote: =>On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:47:50PM -0400, William W. Austin wrote: =>> OK, I'm evil: I prefer xterm for everyday use ;-> =>> =>> Anyway after upgrading to 8.0, I discovered that (on my main box at home, =>> anyway) running EVERYTHING in default mode (metacity, I suppose ... Gnome =>> desktop, blucurve theme, etc.), the delete key could not me made to send a =>> delete char (0xff). =>> =>> The "Main Options > Delete is DEL" button is checkable but does not produce the =>> expected result. Sadly I also want to have a working backspace key, so I also =>> have "Main Options > Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)" checked as well. (It works as =>> expected.) =>> =>> I tried experimenting with the possible combinations here and nothing could get =>> the delete key to send the delete char -- it persists in sending the sequence, =>> "<ESC>[3~" no matter what I do. =>> =>> Interestingly if I switch to KDE or every other WM I have tried so far, this =>> problem does NOT occur and I can have working Backspace and Delete keys. =>> =>> I have looked through many of the docs so far (and RTFM'ed, of course) and have =>> not found it yet. Copying over a binary of xterm from a 7.3 machine does not =>> change the situation (tested that), and I am wondering if this is documented =>> somewhere as an inalterable "enhancement" (Yeah, it was there before, but a =>> judicious application of x-resources in my .Xdefaults file cured the problem. =>> But this apparently no longer works). =>> =>> Even compiling and installing xkeycaps doesn't help ... sigh. =>> =>> Anyone have a solution on this one? =>> =>> Thanks in advance =>> =>> Bill Austin waustin@att.com =>> =>you can fix it with the stty or tset command. Add this to your XTerm resources: *VT100*backarrowKey: true -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo@syslang.net
