Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 14:02:19 -0500 (EST) From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> To: freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com (freebsd-current) Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <199503041902.OAA27697@irbs.com> In-Reply-To: <yGTvAMlqD4@astral.msk.su> from "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" at Mar 4, 95 09:15:57 pm
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Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage writes:
>
> 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?
>
> BTW, yet one argument for Backspace==^H: all modems require ^H
> to edit command line, some of them have it like programmable char,
> but some of them not, so 0x7F becomes real pain for all dialout users.
Hold down the CONTROL key and type H if your software is not capable
of mapping the hardware to what the modem wants.
As most others have said:
Backspace key ---> 0x08, ^H
Delete key ---> 0x7F, ^?
PLEASE!!!!!!
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