Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 14:14:04 -0500 (EST) From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> To: freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com (freebsd-current) Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <199503041914.OAA28140@irbs.com> In-Reply-To: <199503041835.KAA01066@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Mar 4, 95 10:35:52 am
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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. And I never use the one below the insert key, I use the one on the keypad. All of the keys marked DELETE should generate the same thing. Other mappings can be done with kbdcontrol. Some keyboards only have one DELETE key. Who chooses what the keyboard should generate for that one? John Capo
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