Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 10:59:25 EST From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <9503061559.AA00134@fedora.x.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Mar 1995 14:22:55 %2B0100." <m0rlckT-0005f9C@dude.pcs.dec.com>
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>> >But having to tell new >> >FreeBSD users that they have to put a 'stty erase ^h' in .login or >> >.profile of *each and every* user of their system is just plain >> >unnecessary complication of affairs. >> Hmm..this can be done by default in default /etc/.cshrc and friends,then >> those who hate ^H to be erase by default can be happy,and ^H will work... >> BTW that's the first thing i even do on my systems after installation.. >> Not only FreeBSD but even SunOS has this problemm... >Yes, it can be done, but that would be plain bogus (IMO). We'd have >to put this in as default, e.g. into /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login. >This is a *default*. Why kludge it in two places if it can be fixed in >one. *And* we'd have to deal with the complaints when people open >xterms without using the -ls option, *and* it wouldn't work in single user >mode. For xterm add: *ttyModes: erase ^h to your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-default/XTerm file if you want it to be a system-wide configuration. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY
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