On Tuesday, 15 November 2005, at 10:09:39 (+0800), Phuah Yee Keat wrote: > 1. What unix/distro are you guys using that have backspace=^H? I am > running on slackware and stty -a tells me backspace=^?
It's not a question of distribution. It's a question of emulation. ^H (character 0x08) *is* backspace. ^? (character 0x7f) *is* delete. Those are part of ASCII. And vt100/vt102 terminals were true to this fact. However, with the VT-220, suddenly the backspace key started sending ^? instead. And since the Linux console emulates a vt220...well, you can figure out the rest. :) > 2. Is there any special reason why the default is --with-backspace=bs > and not --with-backspace=auto? Because the Eterm terminfo entry specifies that backspace is ^H. Sending anything else would conflict with what curses-based applications were told to expect. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Remember kids, if there's a loaded gun in the room, be sure that you're the one holding it." -- Captain Combat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
