From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 10 3:18: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD8637B401 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:17:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from ady.warpnet.ro (ady.warpnet.ro [217.156.25.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2293D43EC2 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 03:17:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ady@freebsd.ady.ro) Received: from localhost (ady@localhost) by ady.warpnet.ro (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA84389; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:17:17 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ady@freebsd.ady.ro) X-RAV-AntiVirus: This e-mail has been scanned for viruses on host: ady.warpnet.ro Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:17:17 +0200 (EET) From: Adrian Penisoara X-Sender: ady@ady.warpnet.ro To: Marcel Stangenberger Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace and Delete keys under PuTTY In-Reply-To: <20021210120315.V9278-100000@moredhel.hayholt.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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