>> Can cygwin terminals be >> configured so that emacs can tell the difference between the Backspace key >> and "pressing h while holding down the control key"? > > "pressing h while holding down the control key" produces ^H (0x08). > By default, this is also what backspace sends. As Andy says, many > (all?) cygwin terminals can be set up to send ^? (0x7F) instead, > leaving ^H to only be used by Ctrl+H
Yep. And here's how to change the backspace keycode in the various Cygwin terminals: rxvt: invoke with -backspacekey DEC xterm: invoke with -xrm "*backarrowKey:false" (or untick "Backarrow Key" in the "Main Options" menu) mintty: Choose ^? as backspace keycode on the "Keys" page of the options As far as I know, it can't be changed in the Cygwin console, presumably because Windows sends ^H for backspace to applications running in the console. Could the default for the terminals be changed? Yes, easily, but only at the cost of breaking any applications that always expect ^H for Backspace. Andy -- 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/
