On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 10:27:49PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > Garl Grigsby wrote: > > > I have run into a problem I am not sure how to fix. When I log into > > another unix box (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX) from my linux box and try > > to use the Backspace key, I get a '^?' instead of deleting the previous > > character. Now I am aware that I can use stty to reset erase to be '^?', > > but this will not really solve the problem. All of the other unix > > flavors I am working with use '^H' for a backspace. So to get this to > > work, I would need to determine what type of system I am working on and > > set erase that way, if I want to do this from my .profile. Anybody have > > any better ideas on how to do this? I am assuming that this has > > something to do with the keymap that the linux box is using but, I am > > not sure how to correct this.... Please help.... > > You can fix it at the X server level by using xmodmap. On a standard > PC keyboard, backspace is keycode 22(*), so create ~/.Xmodmap and add > this line to it. > > keycode 22 = BackSpace > > In /usr/X11R6/X11/xdm/Xsession, there should be code that invokes > xmodmap for you if you have a .Xmodmap. > > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > ... > if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then > xmodmap $usermodmap > fi > > If you don't have that, or if you don't start X through xdm (or kdm), > then add the snipped above to your .xinitrc or .Xsession or whatever > script runs when you use to start the X server. > > * If you don't have a standard PC keyboard, run xev to see what > keycode the backspace prints. You'll see a bunch of garbage scroll > by, and when you press BackSpace, you'll see a KeyPress event like > this. > > KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x1dc00001, > root 0x26, subw 0x1dc00002, time 4213933842, (42,54), > root:(1155,891), > state 0x0, keycode 22 (keysym 0xff08, BackSpace), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 1 characters: " > > On the fourth line, it says "keycode 22". >
I believe there was a change in xterm. I noticed it when I went to 4.1.0. I just added: *XTerm*backarrowKey: true to ~/.Xdefaults. Was it an X, or general problem tho? -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
