Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 19:52:22 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <199503071752.TAA10293@grunt.grondar.za>
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This is getting _really_ silly now. The conclusion has pretty much been reached that the <Backspace> key should send 0x08 and the <del> key should send 0x7f. Why not just make that the default everywhere. Having system config files to correct your term to the compiled-in default is just plain _stupid_, particularly if the term is a part of the system like a console or an xterm. Sure, if you don't like the standard, you can reconfigure, but then it is up to you to do _both_ the keyboard _and_ the stty. Having a standard half set looks sloppy too. M > > >> >But having to tell new > >> >FreeBSD users that they have to put a 'stty erase ^h' in .login or > >> >.profile of *each and every* user of their system is just plain > >> >unnecessary complication of affairs. > >> Hmm..this can be done by default in default /etc/.cshrc and friends,then > >> those who hate ^H to be erase by default can be happy,and ^H will work... > >> BTW that's the first thing i even do on my systems after installation.. > >> Not only FreeBSD but even SunOS has this problemm... > > >Yes, it can be done, but that would be plain bogus (IMO). We'd have > >to put this in as default, e.g. into /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login. > >This is a *default*. Why kludge it in two places if it can be fixed in > >one. *And* we'd have to deal with the complaints when people open > >xterms without using the -ls option, *and* it wouldn't work in single user > >mode. > > For xterm add: > > *ttyModes: erase ^h > > to your /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-default/XTerm file if you want it to > be a system-wide configuration. > > -- > > Kaleb KEITHLEY -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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