Re: backspace and delete keys behavior

From: Warren Block (wblock_at_wonkity.com)
Date: 07/31/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:51:21 -0600 (MDT)
    To: Mariano Guadagnini <mguadagnini@velocom.com.ar>
    
    

    On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Mariano Guadagnini wrote:

    > Hi guys, I am new to Freebsd (after years of linux) and, althought system
    > installation and configuration was quite seamlessly, I've an issue with the
    > delete key of my keyboard (101 keys us layout): In xterm, the backspace key
    > works ok, but when I press del, it prints the "~" character, instead of
    > deleting . I have read it has something to do with keyboard layout config,
    > but I couldn't find out how to fix it. So, any ideas?

    I use csh/tcsh and just put this in .cshrc:

    bindkey "^?" delete-char
    bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char
    bindkey "\e[1~" beginning-of-line
    bindkey "\e[4~" end-of-line

    Seems to work for console and xterm. There's a good web page on this:

    http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html

    -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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