From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 3 23:47:59 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id XAA18412 for current-outgoing; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 23:47:59 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA18406; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 23:47:55 -0800 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin.Root.COM [198.145.90.18]) by Root.COM (8.6.8/8.6.5) with ESMTP id XAA28353; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 23:47:30 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id XAA00336; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 23:47:29 -0800 Message-Id: <199503040747.XAA00336@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 03 Mar 95 22:48:45 PST." <199503040648.WAA18595@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 23:47:27 -0800 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Please folks, we have a delete key and a backspace key on the PC keyboard, >they should generate *by default* the correct ascii code for that key. If >people like to use ^? for there erase character they should do that remapping >privately. > >This has changed back and forth at least 3 times, probably 4, STOP it is >a political and personal issue as to what character you like to use for >stty erase! But don't make my keyboard lie by default, this is very >confusing. I agree with Rod. People expect backspace to generate a backspace. I admit that this makes it a pain to work on DEC systems that don't like backspace, and that VT100 family terminals generate 'delete' for that key...but that's less important than consistency. Backspace should generate backspace and delete should generate delete. -DG