From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 4 05:52:59 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id FAA29015 for current-outgoing; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 05:52:59 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA29008 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 05:52:45 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA11129; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 15:52:01 +0200 Message-Id: <199503041352.PAA11129@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: starkhome!gene@sbstark.cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) cc: current@FreeBSD.org, mark@grunt.grondar.za Subject: Re: backspace now broken Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 15:52:01 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I agree very strongly with Rod in this debate. > > The PC keyboard has two keys: "<-" and "Delete". When I walk up to such > a keyboard, I expect "<-" to generate 0x8 and "Delete" to generate 0x3f. (er, 0x7f??) > This is true regardless of what I have expected various VT100-like > keyboards on Un*x systems to do during the past 20 years. > > Please restore the old behavior. I also agree with this. But _PUHLEEEZE_ make the default state of the console (as reported by stty) agree with this! Having a key whose default (brain) behaviour is not the default (action) behaviour is a big pain. :-) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200