Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:06:11 -0800 (PST) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace key "<-" not mapping to ^H Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702281606110.22543@hymn07.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070228235341.GA88385@thought.org>
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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
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