Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> As an interesting note, from vim, do a :help Linux-backspace >> That is exactly what I am running into.
Opinions differ on this subject. Since "Linus Torvalds and Debian policy authors" and "Vim authors" cannot be both right, an editor's chioce (aka policy) must be made. When writing the "console.html" page, I assumed that the default keymap and Debian policy are right, and that vim authors are wrong. That is also consistent with the Backspace-Delete howto. Bruce: as a troubleshooting step, could you please tell us: 1) is there any difference in the output of "stty -a" on the livecd and or your system? Post both. 2) does a "stty erase ^?" or "stty sane" fix your problem? If it does, please find out why this is not the default on your system. My vim (on old post-6.0 LFS) recognizes Backspace correctly on Linux console by default and misbehaves in the same way as yours if I deliberately misconfigure "stty erase". Also you say that the problem doesn't exist on the livecd. > Do you have a /etc/sysconfig/console file? Or did you leave it alone? > Guess I'm wondering if you have a keymap that needs fixing as is > mentioned here: > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/view/stable/chapter07/console.html No, the problem is in fact the opposite (i.e. Bruce does the opposite of the fix mentioned there). As I said earlier, by deviating from that setup, one breaks Emacs and well-written apps. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
