Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 12:11:25 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@ravenock.cybercity.dk> Cc: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk, brian@utell.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace = ^H Message-ID: <199703251211.MAA29866@shift.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 11:54:38 %2B0100." <199703251054.LAA10004@ravenock.cybercity.dk>
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> In reply to Brian Somers who wrote:
>
> *SIGH*, why does this come up again and again??
'cos it doesn't make sense (*stir* *stir* *stir*).
> >
> > The DEL key would send whatever the Backspace key doesn't.
> >
> > (I'd prefer BS=^?, DEL=^h)
>
> BS = BACKSPACE = 0x08
> DEL = DELETE = 0x7f
>
> Why on earth should they be reversed contradicting their names ??
So that emacs' help system can work. Why would reversing them
contradict their names ?
BS = BACKSPACE = 0x7f
DEL = DELETE = 0x08
> Now, BSD then has a funny old behavior of having the std erase one
> char set to 0x7f, but thats only for hysterical reasons...
And then it stty's it to 0x08 in roots .profile..... If people really
insist on BS=0x08 and DEL=0x7f, then so be it, but the default erase
should be changed to 0x08 too (and the stty removed from roots .profile).
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
> Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
> ..
ARRRRGH ! I had to install metamail to reply to this !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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