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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 !