Re: Backspace key "<-" not mapping to ^H

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:33:54AM -0800, Garrett
Cooper wrote:
>> Jordan Gordeev wrote:
>>> Gary Kline wrote:
>>>>    I'm not sure whether this just in Ubuntu
or in the Gnome desktop
> ...
>>>>    servers.  I thought I'd ask here before
I dig into this.  I think
>>>>    a new xterm was recently updated in
ports; not  sure if tat is a
>>>>    factor or not.
>
> no (I don't recall making changes in that area).
>
>>> See stty(1) and termios(4). You should modify
the erase or erase2 values.
>
> reasonable (Ubuntu uses Debian packages iirc, which
makes it use DEL,
> FreeBSD uses BS for erase, etc).
>
>> The terminal settings available from gnome (if you
open up an xterm /
>> Gnome terminal shell using the Terminal command
under the menu) has
>
> gnome-terminal isn't xterm (OP isn't making that
distinction either).
>
> xterm has menu settings which can change the assignment
of BS/DEL to the
> "backspace" key (unlike gnome-terminal, it
has a manpage describing these
> details .
>
> --
> Thomas E. Dickey
> http://invisible-island.n
et
> ftp://invisible-island.net

You can set the default terminal in gnome to be xterm
instead of Gnome Terminal. Gnome then wraps xterm in a
program they call "Terminal" which you can setup
to your liking using the preferences accessible from the
menu.

That's what I meant. Just relaying my experience because I
had a similar problem recently with Suse.

-Garrett

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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 03:39:41PM -0800, youshi10u.washington.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 

	[[ yelps of various sorts about "STUFF" ]]

> 
> You can set the default terminal in gnome to be xterm
instead of Gnome 
> Terminal. Gnome then wraps xterm in a program they call
"Terminal" which 
> you can setup to your liking using the preferences
accessible from the menu.
> 
> That's what I meant. Just relaying my experience
because I had a similar 
> problem recently with Suse.
> 
> -Garrett
> 


	Too bad there isn't some sort of web database for these
sorts of
	miscellany with tags like (vi backspace-failure term) that
would 
	aide the search and solution for these type questions. 
This may
	be one of Google's aims, but there are miles to go.... 

	gary


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