>>>>> Brian Mays wrote: >> This is the rxvt maintainer here. Rxvt has many optional >> compile-time features, one of which is the behavior of the >> backspace key. Normally, I avoid modifying as many of the >> "upstream" settings as possible, unless someone gives me a >> valid reason to change them. >> >> Currently, rxvt sets the backspace key by "using the current >> stty setting of erase to guess a Backspace value of either ^H >> or ^?." I can change a compile-time option to force rxvt to us >> ^H always for backspace. Is this useful?
>>>>> Galen Hazelwood writes: > Well, it would free me from having to make a quick new release > of ncurses, so I think it would be useful. People seem to have > found a workaround, but I think it's better to have it set right > to begin with... Okay. I'm building a new unstable version of rxvt with backspace set to ^H. From this point on, Debian's rxvt policy will be to use ^H as backspace by default. Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .