A.D.Y. Cheng wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a strange problem. When I am using xterm, my "backspace" key acts > like Ctrl-H which is fine. However, if I use rxvt, my "backspace" key > gives me rubbish. I do not understand. I thought if one key works in > xterm, it should has the same behaviour in rxvt. > Can someone tell me how to change the behaviour of "backspace" key in rxvt > to normal? > By the way, I am using Acer Win-95 keyboard. > > Thanks very much in advance! > > Anthony >
You can change the "backspace" key stty. If you want Backspace to have the backspace function, then you would use 'stty erase ^h' (yes, type the "^", don't use CTRL). If you want Delete to have the backspace function (in fact, this is the Unix standard, or at least it used to be) you would use 'stty erase ^?'. If you use bash it generally works with either--I don't know if this feature is due to the readline library or what. I suspect you don't use bash. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
