Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 22:04:17 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <yGncBMliP5@astral.msk.su> In-Reply-To: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM>; from David Greenman at Sat, 04 Mar 1995 10:35:52 -0800 References: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM>
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In message <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM> David Greenman
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?
> 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.
Ok, maybe following scheme will fit:
Backspace -> ^H
Grey Keypad Delete -> 0x7F
Numeric Keypad Del (if NumLock off) -> ESC [ K
any objections?
--
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