From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 00:06:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6066016A401 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:06:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E0F13C4B6 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:06:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from hymn07.u.washington.edu (hymn07.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.53]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l2106BIa006679 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:06:11 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hymn07.u.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l2106Beu013389 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:06:11 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.55.52.4] by hymn07.u.washington.edu via HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:06:11 PST Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:06:11 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070228235341.GA88385@thought.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.2.28.154934 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='SUPERLONG_LINE 0.05, NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Backspace key "<-" not mapping to ^H X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:06:12 -0000 On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 03:39:41PM -0800, youshi10@u.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 Someone (Chuck Swiger I believe?) posted a modded .Xresources file as a solution to my terminal issue a few weeks back; it modified the behavior of Xterm to meet his needs, but it wasn't quite what I wanted/needed though. I found the gnome terminal solution, but maybe the solution he provided me would be helpful for you? -Garrett