Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 09:17:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: hsu@cs.hut.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken Message-ID: <199503051717.JAA21967@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199503051218.OAA12086@shadows.cs.hut.fi> from "Heikki Suonsivu" at Mar 5, 95 02:18:57 pm
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> Okay, some keyboards do just have the <-- on that key, but many also have
> the word ``backspace'' or ``<-- backspace'' printed on the key. I have
> never seen a PC keyboard with that key labeled ``delete''.
> ...
> I don't give a sh*t about what OS does what with what character, I care
> that FreeBSD generates the ascii code for the legend on most if not
> all keyboards.
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> I don't think it is wise to generate what the legend says, but it should
> generate the ASCII character which removes the previously typed character,
> which is the expected behavior of the backspace key (the big one with <--
> or backspace in it). ASCII standard says this character code is 0x7f, DEL,
> RUBOUT, ^?, not ^H, which is *non-destructive* backspace. This is also
> consistent with what most programs and users expect to see.
The ASCII standard does not say how *any* character should be interpretted,
especially the control characters. And it specifically does not say that
0x08 (^H) is ``non-destructive backspace'').
> IBM messed this up in DOS, but they have never been known of their
> consistent following of standards.
Are you also telling me Apollo messed this up in Aegis and Domain/IX?
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> My vote goes to ^?.
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Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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