Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:14 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kpneal@pobox.com Subject: Re: Terminal (TERM=xterm) on FreeBSD doesn not accept DEL or ALT key on/in a Linux YAST2 session Message-ID: <20120312190714.GA13400@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <4F5E08A2.9090802@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4F5DFF7B.1010006@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20120312142139.GA28538@neutralgood.org> <4F5E08A2.9090802@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 03:30:58PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > > And you are using xterm (not rxvt)? > > No, pure and plain and conservative xterm as it comes with the port and > no extravagant terminal thingy. Linux generally uses DEL (127) and (almost) everyone else uses BS (8). Adding to the confusion, most keyboards label it "Backspace". Most (but not all) applications on a given host are consistent with the choice (or accept either code). There are exceptions, of course. With xterm, you can use control/Backspace to toggle between the two (for one keypress), or use the control/left-mouse menu to toggle the "Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)" entry. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFPXklgtIqByHxlDocRAt3xAKCFbuHFnuB6fM74luagtiAk1KgTGgCdE1iV AXAyNbxexLuX2hw8lquiV0k= =LmSJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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