From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 19:18:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF59E106564A for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:18:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dickey@saltmine.radix.net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBAD8FC16 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:18:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id q2CJ7J7R014555; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from dickey@localhost) by saltmine.radix.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id q2CJ7EG9014554; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:14 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20120312190714.GA13400@saltmine.radix.net> References: <4F5DFF7B.1010006@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20120312142139.GA28538@neutralgood.org> <4F5E08A2.9090802@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F5E08A2.9090802@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i 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 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:18:10 -0000 --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 03:30:58PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > > And you are using xterm (not rxvt)? >=20 > 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. =20 --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFPXklgtIqByHxlDocRAt3xAKCFbuHFnuB6fM74luagtiAk1KgTGgCdE1iV AXAyNbxexLuX2hw8lquiV0k= =LmSJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x+6KMIRAuhnl3hBn--