Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:17:17 +0200 (EET) From: Adrian Penisoara <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> To: Marcel Stangenberger <marcel@hayholt.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace and Delete keys under PuTTY Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10212101316511.83051-100000@ady.warpnet.ro> In-Reply-To: <20021210120315.V9278-100000@moredhel.hayholt.org>
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Hi, On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Marcel Stangenberger wrote: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > > What is the proper solution ? I'd rather prefer to modify the termcaps > > than making adjustments in PuTTY, as some persons get cranky when it > > comes about changing PuTTY settings while Linux works well with the > > defaults. > > > > proper way is to alter the putty settings for your connection to freebsd > machines. Another way is changing the default shell to bash. But I have Bash as the default shell. And yes, it works changing the Terminal / Keyboard / "Backspace key" from "Contrl-? (127)" to "Control-H", but the users are pissed off by the fact that Linux doesn't need this -- does it mean FreeBSD has broken termcap entries or that Linux is just stepping on the traditional standards ? Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro) ____________________________________________________________________ | An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but | | because people refuse to see it. | | -- James Michener, "Space" | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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