Date: 25 Oct 2002 15:18:21 -0700 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: memorris@christsgarden.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backspace and del keys Message-ID: <k6k7k6w4b6.7k6@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1035564527.685.22.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> References: <1035470680.2126.16.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> <002001c27b95$f7f705e0$f7808c96@LocalHost> <1035500526.273.33.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> <20021025020559.GA19906@hades.hell.gr> <1035558058.204.11.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org> <20021025163633.GD673@hades.hell.gr> <1035564527.685.22.camel@dilbert.christsgarden.org>
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Michael Morris <memorris@christsgarden.org> writes:
> When I run tput kbs, nothing is displayed.
When I run
echo "123$(tput kbs)456"
I get
12456
apparently because "tput kbs" puts out some kind of backspace to
the shell.
I suspect that you need to read your shell's discussions of command line
processing. Run "bind" (a shell built-in) and grep it's output for
"del" and "back". You should ensure that you've got your shell using
Emacs-style line editing.
Better yet, use the Control-D key for delete (the Emacs-style default)
and redefine the Delete keys for things you need less often. :-)
Note that the key interpretation can be changed in an application (eg,
your shell), xterm X resources, termcap (?), your window manager config,
and in the X key config (in increasing precedence, I hope).
To take full advantage of your Internet/multimedia keyboard, you might
want to look into:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/
/usr/X11R6/man/man1/*xkb*
http://www.tsu.ru/~pascal/en/xkb/
Poor English, but sometimes better than official docs.
http://www.charvolant.org/~doug/xkb/
"An Unreliable Guide to XKB Configuration"
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