From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 25 16:14:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A34E615269 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:14:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 19504 invoked from network); 25 Oct 1999 23:14:40 -0000 Received: from useraf54.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.132.41) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 25 Oct 1999 23:14:40 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id AAA02644; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:15:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 00:15:25 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Gene Harris Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm behavior Message-ID: <19991026001525.B316@marder-1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 10:04:27AM -0500, Gene Harris wrote: > I have just started using X11 heavily. Whenever I start > xterm, I have to change the backspace rules to unclick the > back arrow selection. How do I modify the xterm start-up to > recognize that my backspace key sends a ^? instead of a ^H? > > I have just started looking at xmodmap, but I haven't found > the magic settings. > Not quite sure what you are asking. Assuming that the BS key sends ^H then add this to ~/.Xdefaults (or ~/.Xsession): XTerm*ttyModes: erase ^H Note that ``^H'' is entered as 2 chars, ``^'' and ``H'', not the actual ``^H'' char. If you want ``^?'' to be your erase char then change ``H'' to ``?''. > Many Thanks, > Gene Harris > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message