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
The mis-behaviour of BS and DEL is one of my pet peeves with the
default setup of RH Linux. Each time I install I go thru an
elaborate editing session to "fix" it.
Here are the notes I wrote to myself:
By default Linux uses the Backspace and Delete keys in a way that seems
unnatural and wrong to me. I strongly prefer the UNIX SysV method where
Backspace emits <^H> and Delete emits <^?>, and the stty functions,
'erase' and 'quit' are associated with them. That allows the Delete
key to stop a running process, instead of <^C>. - easier to type.
The Backspace key works as expected everywhere - on the command line,
in various programs that require text entry, and in vi.
I also want to use vi-style editing on the command line.
To fix the Backspace key and Delete key:
************
/etc/rc.d/rc.local - append these lines to change BS & DEL
# Fix Backspace and Delete keys
echo "rc.local: Restoring SysV functions to Backspace and Delete keys"
echo "keycode 14=BackSpace" | loadkeys
echo "keycode 111=Delete" | loadkeys
************
/etc/bashrc - add this line
Do NOT cut and paste this line; write it to a /tmp/file,
then read that file in to the bashrc file
stty intr ^? quit ^C erase ^H kill ^U
************
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm - add these lines:
Do NOT cut and paste these lines; write them to a /tmp/file,
then read that file in to the XTerm file
! dad's preferences
! BackSpace key emits ^H; Delete key emits ^?
! ^H is erase; ^? is intr; ^C is quit (with core); ^U is kill
! Must also add stty line to /etc/bashrc
xterm*ttyModes : erase intr quit kill
xterm*VT100.Translations: #override \n\
<KeyPress>Prior : scroll-back(18,line) \n\
<KeyPress>Next : scroll-forw(18,line) \n\
<Key>BackSpace : string() \n\
<Key>Delete : string(0x7f)
************
/etc/inputrc - set vi mode
# Set vi editing mode - dad, 5/30/00
set editing-mode vi
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