>>The Linux console in Opensuse actually does the same thing, and two's >>a standard, right? ;) > > Actually, no. I emulated the linux console on my system. kterminal and > xterm also makes no distinction that I can see between CTRL-Backspace > and Backspace.
As I said, I've seen the ^_ in the text console on Suse only. Cygwin's xterm at least does distinguish between Backspace and Ctrl+Backspace though: if Backspace is set to send ^H, Ctrl+Backspacce sends ^?, and vice versa. 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/