Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:16:26 -0400 From: Jon Nathan <jon+dated+1032556588.430003@rupture.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: gnu-screen@yahoogroups.com Subject: screen backspace moves cursor but does not delete characters Message-ID: <20020913211626.GA8303@froody.rupture.net>
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Hi, I'm having a strange problem with screen. In certain places, when I use the backspace key, it moves the cursor to the left but does not delete the character that it was on. This happens in line-entry places. Like the To: line in mutt, or the text-input buffer in tf (tiny fugue), or the text-input buffer in naim (terminal aol im client). To explain more fully, consider the following: In mutt, I hit 'm' to compose a new mail. It prompts me: To: robx The x was wrong, I hit backspace, the cursor sits on the x, then I finish it out with 'ert' to make robert. To: robertx But the 'x' is just pushed along as I type. vi works fine - as I backspace to correct errors as I type this, it works as expected. pico works too, for what it's worth. It seems that some programs are using a library to do readline operations (gettext?). This is only a problem under screen. When I run these programs from a normal terminal, they backspace as expected. Here is some more info; please let me know if you have any ideas about this. Everything is installed via ports. I've reinstalled screen. Gettext seems to go through new revisions very often, and though I don't know its exact functionality, it seems like it might be the culprit. From pkg_info: gettext-0.11.5 GNU gettext package libiconv-1.8_1 A character set conversion library mutt-1.4 The Mongrel of Mail User Agents (part Elm, Pine, Mush, mh, naim-0.11.3 Curses based AOL Instant Messager implementation screen-3.9.13 A multi-screen window manager tf-4.0s1 A popular programmable MUD client, with macro support and m jon@froody:~> uname -a FreeBSD froody.rupture.net 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #5: Thu Aug 1 12:28:45 EDT 2002 jon@n3.chaffee.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FROODY i386 jon@froody:~> Thanks, -Jon -- Jon Nathan jon@rupture.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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