Date: 26 Dec 2002 18:49:14 -0000 From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backspace key under gnometerminal Message-ID: <20021226184914.2695.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <20021217162707.2372.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com> (message from Scott Ballantyne on 17 Dec 2002 16:27:07 -0000) References: <20021217162707.2372.qmail@kimchee.ssr.com>
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote: > How does one get consistant behavior of the backspace key in emacs and > gnometerm? I've fed xmodmap > > remove Lock = Caps_Lock > remove Control = Control_L > keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock > keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L > add Lock = Caps_Lock > add Control = Control_L > keysym BackSpace = Delete > > and then > > echo "XTerm*ttyModes: erase " | xrdb -merge > > which has worked for me in other unices and is documented in the > xmodmap man page for freebsd, but no joy. It doesn't work for xterm > either :-( > > Running 4.7-RELEASE for i386. > I received several requests for answers, but no answer. However, the following seems to work here: Set your xmodmap as shown above but don't use gnometerm, use xterm (this also helps if you need utmp to be munged) and incorporate this into your resources db: XTerm*deleteIsDEL: true sdb -- sdb@ssr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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