From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 4 10:36:08 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA05836 for current-outgoing; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 10:36:08 -0800 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA05830 for ; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 10:36:05 -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 KAA29183; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 10:35:53 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.9/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA01066; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 10:35:52 -0800 Message-Id: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: corbin.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 04 Mar 95 21:15:57 +0300." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 10:35:52 -0800 Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >In message <199503041717.JAA01010@corbin.Root.COM> David Greenman > writes: > >>>Grey Delete (near Insert and such) -> ESC [ K >>... >>>Few words about Grey Delete: many years of PC tradition DOS/Windows/OS-2/etc. > >> This would really confuse people. It would especially mess up my own use of >>the key. It needs to stay 'delete'. > >I remember from your prev message (correct me if it isn't right) that you have >Delete key above Backspace key. I mean _another_ Delete, under Insert key. >Did them produce different keycodes for you or just the same? No - I didn't say that. I said that backspace should be backspace (8) and that delete should be delete (0x7f). I don't much care about the keypad delete as I don't use it - but the delete below insert I use a lot...and this needs to generate 0x7f. -DG