Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-11 Thread crispin
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Now my backspace works again, as does my delete key!! > > > So once again we fixed the xterm & bs problem. > > > Stay tuned for the next episode of the xterm & bs saga! > > > > Th

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-11 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Now my backspace works again, as does my delete key!! > > So once again we fixed the xterm & bs problem. > > Stay tuned for the next episode of the xterm & bs saga! > > This is wierd, because your xterm-color terminfo entry was correct! > Just as

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread crispin
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:52:30PM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Quoting Sander Smeenk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > xterm-color > > > mines 'xterm'. You could try > > > export TERM=xterm > > Doesn't help :( > > I managed to get my $TERM setting to say 'xterm' when I log in. > Now my backspace wor

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi Peter, > 'xterm' and 'xterm-debian' are supposed to be the same. You can test if > they actually are with: infocmp xterm xterm-debian Interesting. This test really doesn't show me any differences, but it does make a difference whether I put XTerm*TermName:xterm-debian or this XTerm*T

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Peter De Wachter
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:38:26PM -0500, Andy Spiegl wrote: > Hi Sander, > > thanks for this thread. I had the same problem! And had it before, too. > It really seems to be a never ending story. :-( > > Only that I had my xterm set to "xterm-debian" as I thought it's supposed > to be. When di

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi Sander, thanks for this thread. I had the same problem! And had it before, too. It really seems to be a never ending story. :-( Only that I had my xterm set to "xterm-debian" as I thought it's supposed to be. When did debian change back to "xterm"? Thanks, Andy. -- Dr. Andy Spiegl, Rad

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting Sander Smeenk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > xterm-color > > mines 'xterm'. You could try > > export TERM=xterm > Doesn't help :( I managed to get my $TERM setting to say 'xterm' when I log in. Now my backspace works again, as does my delete key!! So once again we fixed the xterm & bs proble

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > xterm-color > mines 'xterm'. You could try > export TERM=xterm Doesn't help :( > Try showkey -s > then press delete and see what is dumped out. Post that back. Hmm... When I trun showkey -s in my xterm I get: [13:09] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % sh

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread crispin
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:34:03PM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Hmm, this works, but it still does not fix my delete key behaviour. > > Sounds like your term info's screwy. > > > echo $TERM > > [12:26] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % echo $TERM > xterm

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hmm, this works, but it still does not fix my delete key behaviour. > Sounds like your term info's screwy. > echo $TERM [12:26] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % echo $TERM xterm-color [12:27] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~] % > Then type > infocmp [12:27] [EMAIL P

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread crispin
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:26:43AM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Quoting Adam Majer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > A few months ago I noticed that _something_ had changed on my Debian > > > installation that caused xterms not to react on my backspace key as one > > > would expect. > > No kidding.. To

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-10 Thread Sander Smeenk
Quoting Adam Majer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > A few months ago I noticed that _something_ had changed on my Debian > > installation that caused xterms not to react on my backspace key as one > > would expect. > No kidding.. To get backspace back, hit and hold CTRL and then > clink on Button 1 your m

Re: xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-09 Thread Adam Majer
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:47:15AM +0100, Sander Smeenk wrote: > Hey, > > A few months ago I noticed that _something_ had changed on my Debian > installation that caused xterms not to react on my backspace key as one > would expect. > > With a lot of tuning, help from friends, reinstalling and >

xterm and the backspace key, the saga continues.

2002-01-09 Thread Sander Smeenk
Hey, A few months ago I noticed that _something_ had changed on my Debian installation that caused xterms not to react on my backspace key as one would expect. With a lot of tuning, help from friends, reinstalling and dpkg-reconfigure'ing I managed to fix this, and for a while my backspace acted