OK, I'm evil: I prefer xterm for everyday use ;-> Anyway after upgrading to 8.0, I discovered that (on my main box at home, anyway) running EVERYTHING in default mode (metacity, I suppose ... Gnome desktop, blucurve theme, etc.), the delete key could not me made to send a delete char (0xff).
The "Main Options > Delete is DEL" button is checkable but does not produce the expected result. Sadly I also want to have a working backspace key, so I also have "Main Options > Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)" checked as well. (It works as expected.) I tried experimenting with the possible combinations here and nothing could get the delete key to send the delete char -- it persists in sending the sequence, "<ESC>[3~" no matter what I do. Interestingly if I switch to KDE or every other WM I have tried so far, this problem does NOT occur and I can have working Backspace and Delete keys. I have looked through many of the docs so far (and RTFM'ed, of course) and have not found it yet. Copying over a binary of xterm from a 7.3 machine does not change the situation (tested that), and I am wondering if this is documented somewhere as an inalterable "enhancement" (Yeah, it was there before, but a judicious application of x-resources in my .Xdefaults file cured the problem. But this apparently no longer works). Even compiling and installing xkeycaps doesn't help ... sigh. Anyone have a solution on this one? Thanks in advance Bill Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
