Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:05:24 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.tera.com> To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: kline@tera.tera.com, wrsomsky@halcyon.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stty erase ^H ? Message-ID: <199803161905.LAA20934@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <199803161859.LAA20217@freebie.dcfinc.com> from "Chad R. Larson" at "Mar 16, 98 11:59:09 am"
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According to Chad R. Larson: > > I'm in favor of making ^H be the default because it is what > > I've used since the beginning. As far as I know a > > backspace defaults to a ^H, and if stty is _not_ this, > > then the stty has to be done in the .*rc/.profile. > > But guys, "backspace" =is= a cntl-h. Any key labled "Backspace" had > better emit one of those. I know some VT220 emulators allow the > backspace key to be configured for either cntl-h or delete, but that > seems to me an abomination. > > Now, if you want to change around the mapping of backspace to INTR, or > of DEL to erase, knock yourself out. That's the magic of UNIX. > I'll burn up some bandwidth to say ``Right on... '' --But why remap? Seriously. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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