Not only in xterm but also in standard bash shell. I have always used xterm and until today I never have discovered those problems.
What about the fact that when "rm" command (or cp or mv) ask to confirm something, I can move the (box) cursor along the window as in a Editor? Thanks angelo. On Sat, 7 May 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:52:10PM +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > >I discovered the following strange behaviour in bash and xterm (startxwin) > >shells: > > > >BACKSPACE does not delete "y" as aspected but it only shifts the cursor on > >"y" and when I type "n" and then RETURN the file foo.txt is REMOVED! > > This has something to do with how BACKSPACE is defined in xterm. It is not > a generic cygwin problem. I suggest that you try the cygwin-xfree mailing > list > in that case. > > Also, there is absolutely no reason to cc corinna-cygwin in your email. Go > back and read the words at the top of http://cygwin.com/lists.html, please. > > cgf > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
