Pete> I wonder what the difference between your setup and mine could be...
Odd isn't it. I finally compared my /etc/X11/Xresources with the one from the distribution. I had *VT100.Translations: #override <Key>Delete: string("\033[3~")\n\ <Key>Home: string("\033OH")\n\ <Key>End: string("\033OF") While the distribution has *VT100.Translations: #override <Key>BackSpace: string("\177")\n\ <Key>Delete: string("\033[3~")\n\ <Key>Home: string("\033OH")\n\ <Key>End: string("\033OF") I added the override for BackSpace, and then I get the same misbehaviour as you describe. There is a comment saying: ! Include override for BackSpace because older xterms do not understand the ! backarrowKey resource. I think I just never use any "older xterms"; I've not noticed any problems with my setup. I think I will have to go and read the Debian keyboard policy again. -- Gilbert Laycock email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maths and Computer Science, http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~glaycock Leicester University phone: (+44) 116 252 3902