Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:01:53 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Mariano Guadagnini <mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backspace and delete keys behavior Message-ID: <410A0E81.9090903@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200407300116.27351.mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> References: <200407300116.27351.mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar>
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Mariano Guadagnini wrote:
>Hi guys, I am new to Freebsd (after years of linux) and, althought system
>installation and configuration was quite seamlessly, I've an issue with the
>delete key of my keyboard (101 keys us layout): In xterm, the backspace key
>works ok, but when I press del, it prints the "~" character, instead of
>deleting . I have read it has something to do with keyboard layout config,
>but I couldn't find out how to fix it. So, any ideas?
>
>Thanks, (and forgive my poor english)
>
>
>Mariano Guadagnini
>Argentina
>
>
what does:
>echo $TERM
give you?
It could possibly be the wrong terminal type --- try the following
at the CLI (depending on which shell)...
csh/tcsh:
$setenv TERM xterm-color
sh/bash:
#TERM=xterm-color
#export TERM
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
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