Re: backspace/delete at the console

On Fri, 30 May 1997, donk wrote: > Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete > doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply > "~" and a beep. I finally mapped ^D to the Delete key which produces the > desired results (deletes current char.

Re: backspace/delete at the console

On Sat, 31 May 1997 08:03:31 -0400, Ralph Winslow wrote: >donk wrote: >> >> Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete >> doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply >> "~" and a beep. > >I don't know what the sequence is about (though

Re: backspace/delete at the console

donk wrote: > > Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete > doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply > "~" and a beep. I don't know what the sequence is about (though it smells a lot like emacs); but mapping D to anything but woul

backspace/delete at the console

Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply "~" and a beep. I finally mapped ^D to the Delete key which produces the desired results (deletes current char. over the cursor) but seems wrong to me. I