From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 4 11:05:35 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA06655 for current-outgoing; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 11:05:35 -0800 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA06649 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 11:05:32 -0800 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA04374 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 4 Mar 1995 22:02:44 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 4 Mar 95 22:02:43 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id WAA01444; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 22:04:17 +0300 To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: current@FreeBSD.org References: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM>; from David Greenman at Sat, 04 Mar 1995 10:35:52 -0800 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 22:04:17 +0300 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Lines: 34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1347 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM> David Greenman writes: >>In message <199503041717.JAA01010@corbin.Root.COM> David Greenman >> writes: >> >>>>Grey Delete (near Insert and such) -> ESC [ K >>>... >>>>Few words about Grey Delete: many years of PC tradition DOS/Windows/OS-2/etc. >> >>> This would really confuse people. It would especially mess up my own use of >>>the key. It needs to stay 'delete'. >> >>I remember from your prev message (correct me if it isn't right) that you have >>Delete key above Backspace key. I mean _another_ Delete, under Insert key. >>Did them produce different keycodes for you or just the same? > No - I didn't say that. I said that backspace should be backspace (8) and >that delete should be delete (0x7f). I don't much care about the keypad delete >as I don't use it - but the delete below insert I use a lot...and this needs >to generate 0x7f. Ok, maybe following scheme will fit: Backspace -> ^H Grey Keypad Delete -> 0x7F Numeric Keypad Del (if NumLock off) -> ESC [ K any objections? -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849