Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:51:21 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Mariano Guadagnini <mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backspace and delete keys behavior Message-ID: <20040730174559.Y77732@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <200407300116.27351.mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar> References: <200407300116.27351.mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar>
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, 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? I use csh/tcsh and just put this in .cshrc: bindkey "^?" delete-char bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char bindkey "\e[1~" beginning-of-line bindkey "\e[4~" end-of-line Seems to work for console and xterm. There's a good web page on this: http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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