From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 26 19:09:07 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id TAA01694 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 19:09:07 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA01688 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 1995 19:08:59 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA17182; Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:39:38 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199506270209.LAA17182@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Keyboard Mapping (DEL-BS) To: witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:39:38 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506270147.VAA01238@spooky.rwwa.com> from "Robert Withrow" at Jun 26, 95 09:47:02 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1057 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Withrow stands accused of saying: > > Sometime back some lucky soul wrote here he had solved > the perenial BACKSPACE-DELETE keyboard mapping problem > using the US-ISO keyboard mapping and some additional > legerdemain (sp?). I scanned through the FAQS and > couldn't find it. Anyone remember? kbdcontrol -d >key.map vi key.map # format is self-explanatory kbdcontrol -l key.map I have a custom keymap that swaps BS and DEL. It used to give NUL on ctrl-space, but this is now in the default keymap anyway. Put the keymap file somewhere convenient, and read it in out of rc.local. > Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430 Net: witr@rwwa.COM -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[