Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using backspace, then hitting ESC to return to command mode, might cause the backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long before going back to Vim. There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few spare thumbs!!! gary Vim's undo can behave like vi's. Try :help undo or :help compatible. How do you manage to use vi with only one hand? I need two :-) -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] W. Somerset Maugham: The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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* Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-16 19:29:08 -0700]: There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. Presumably, you are talking about vi's (and vim's) habit of writing over changes that have been undone. This problem has been nullified in Vim 7 by the addition of undo branches. You can now go back to the text after any change -- even if they were undone. Another nice thing is that changes are also now timestamped. You can go backward/forwawrd in time in the buffer (e.g. :earlier 10m goes to the text as it was ten minutes earlier). hth, Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:12:04PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:28:22PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Trying to use stty failed... . What terminal emulator are you using? It may be that, as was the case with me when I was using aterm, I needed to use stty *and* needed to change a configuration in the aterm makefile. It's possible that stty alone won't do it, but stty in combination with something else *will*. Sounds entirely rational. Because here and with CTWM I have simple xterms; on my new tao runnning Gnome as a manager, I use Konsole. Entrely to get the BEL in vi/nvi. Are you getting audiable bell in vi/nvi when using xterm? I think I didn't get that last sentence. I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Anther indicator thata Garrett is right is that by doing an ssh -X tao, X gives me X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 100 (X_ChangeKeyboardMapping) Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 12 q3 20:06 tao [5032] If this gives annybody a clue, I'd be much obliged for some insights. . Would you please try running stty erase '^H' erase2 '^?' in Konsole with default terminal settings and tell me how it behaves? gary -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using backspace, then hitting ESC to return to command mode, might cause the backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long before going back to Vim. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] W. Somerset Maugham: The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:12:04PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:28:22PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Trying to use stty failed... . What terminal emulator are you using? It may be that, as was the case with me when I was using aterm, I needed to use stty *and* needed to change a configuration in the aterm makefile. It's possible that stty alone won't do it, but stty in combination with something else *will*. Sounds entirely rational. Because here and with CTWM I have simple xterms; on my new tao runnning Gnome as a manager, I use Konsole. Entrely to get the BEL in vi/nvi. Are you getting audiable bell in vi/nvi when using xterm? I think I didn't get that last sentence. No. For some reason, when I use Gnome or KDE, the system speaker goes dead. Hitting ESC in nvi does not work, and because I only watch the keyboard and not te screen, I rely on the audio feedback. (I used to use Suns at work and turned on click to make certain that I actually hit a key. It drove my co-workers batty, but that was just until we moved into offices!) Nutshell, I will either buy a fancyy clicky keyboard or write a CLICK Driver.Meanehile, unless I set Konsole to ring the WAV belll, no *ding*. I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Zounds! same here. I'm working in my old tao running ctwm, and yup, same thing with vi/nvi. vim does erase. '\b' ' ' '\b' was how I coded it tone time. The thing I don't like about vim is that I foul up with 'u' undo's. Is there some magic to makr vim behave more like the old vi? Hmph! Anther indicator thata Garrett is right is that by doing an ssh -X tao, X gives me X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 100 (X_ChangeKeyboardMapping) Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 12 q3 20:06 tao [5032] If this gives annybody a clue, I'd be much obliged for some insights. . Would you please try running stty erase '^H' erase2 '^?' in Konsole with default terminal settings and tell me how it behaves? Well, in the dfault mode with keyboard == Xterm 4, it backs up and erases in command-ln mode, but both vi and vi still run into the ^? characters. Even given you stty cms. However, if I set the keyboard to freebsd, the first in the list, it erases wit bakspace. In vi, tho, as you noted above, it does not blank the character; in vim it both backs up then forward to blank, then backwards. (Be nice to understand what's going on without days of digging into the code!) gary gary -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, they are. Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi. Using backspace, then hitting ESC to return to command mode, might cause the backspace text to disappear. Typing after backspacing might overwrite the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too. I'm going on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long before going back to Vim. There are Lots of thing I like about vim, but after having fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code, I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi. vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few spare thumbs!!! gary -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] W. Somerset Maugham: The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:17:58AM +, Pollywog wrote:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 01:01:03 Gary Kline wrote:
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o'
I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
doing wrong and how to fix it?
tia,
gary
Does this also happen when you use vim?
I wonder if you are really using vi and not ee or some other editor.
I had many problems with vi so I did 'touch .vimrc' in my home directory
cd ~
touch .vimrc
I use vim rather than vi and if I remember correctly, when I first installed
FreeBSD, 'vi' was actually a symlink to 'ee'. I might be wrong about that.
To you and Aryeh Friedmanboth, nope, no joy. I was using the KDE
Konsole and finally selected the freebsd terminal; now the
- key works, more/less. With Konsole I can have the BEL
('\007') sound; not with Terminal. I am still very much in
learning mode since I recently changed from CTWM to Gnome
tx, guys,
gary
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? tia, gary I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but it involved a two-tiered approach: 1. set a behavior using stty 2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from ports My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is because I suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal emulator of choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode (also known as urxvt) as my preferred terminal emulator, however, and no longer have this problem (as well as no longer having funny broken ASCII spew on my screen when reading email that contains unicode characters). Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your problem. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Thomas McCauley: The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? tia, gary I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but it involved a two-tiered approach: 1. set a behavior using stty 2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from ports My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is because I suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal emulator of choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode (also known as urxvt) as my preferred terminal emulator, however, and no longer have this problem (as well as no longer having funny broken ASCII spew on my screen when reading email that contains unicode characters). Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your problem. It's because the TERM'inal emulation / keyboard layout's not meshing. ^?--as I discovered after I asked the question ~8 months ago--is a remnant DEC keyboard mapping, when if properly addressed by setting TERM or fixing the keyboard layout to a standard ASCII keyboard layout, the problem will go away. In shorter terms, if you... 1. ... switch over to TERM=xterm (assuming that the terminal prog you're using is xterm compatible) under the settings for the app (if they exist) ... 2. ... script in a fix so that it does this in your login shell [you shouldn't use xterm systemwide for your TERM var, especially if you login remotely via SSH and use CLI programs like pine (pine's stupid and doesn't know how to emulate the xterm terminal properly without hacking the source IIRC)] ... 3. ... fix the keyboard layout ... ... '^?' will be replaced with backspaces. 3. is the best solution, but I had to do 1. before, because I didn't have root access on the servers. Cheers, -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
Chad Perrin wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o'
I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
doing wrong and how to fix it?
tia,
gary
I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when
logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal
emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but it
involved a two-tiered approach:
1. set a behavior using stty
Trying to use stty failed... .
2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from ports
My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is because I
suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal emulator of
choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode (also known as urxvt)
as my preferred terminal emulator, however, and no longer have this
problem (as well as no longer having funny broken ASCII spew on my screen
when reading email that contains unicode characters).
Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't
apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your
problem.
It's because the TERM'inal emulation / keyboard layout's not
meshing. ^?--as I discovered after I asked the question ~8 months
ago--is a remnant DEC keyboard mapping, when if properly addressed by
setting TERM or fixing the keyboard layout to a standard ASCII keyboard
layout, the problem will go away.
In shorter terms, if you...
1. ... switch over to TERM=xterm (assuming that the terminal prog
you're using is xterm compatible) under the settings for the app (if
they exist) ...
2. ... script in a fix so that it does this in your login shell [you
shouldn't use xterm systemwide for your TERM var, especially if you
login remotely via SSH and use CLI programs like pine (pine's stupid and
doesn't know how to emulate the xterm terminal properly without hacking
the source IIRC)] ...
Ok, I have TERM Set everywhere, plus in ~./zlogin, I have stty
set things correctly, so it must be 3.
3. ... fix the keyboard layout ...
Problem here is HOW? Many months ago my daughter spilled a
glass of water on my working IBM keyboard. Surprise, the
water washed away the rinted leads... . (*mumble*) Since I
have a few others, (old, without the M$ cr*ap keys), I
chose the best, least sticky keyboard and used it.
I remapped my ~/.xmodmaprc file {{ temporarily, ha, ha }}.
How else do I fix the layout? IIRC, there was some place
to set the keyboard: 101, 104, 105, c. This old one is
probably a 101-key model. It's a no-name deal.
Clues please?
gary
PS: {{ WARNING}}: I'Ve got a beg-athon posting upcooming
... '^?' will be replaced with backspaces. 3. is the best solution, but
I had to do 1. before, because I didn't have root access on the servers.
Cheers,
-Garrett
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Saturday 15 September 2007 22:28:22 Gary Kline wrote:
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
Chad Perrin wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o'
I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
doing wrong and how to fix it?
tia,
gary
I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when
logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal
emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but it
involved a two-tiered approach:
1. set a behavior using stty
Trying to use stty failed... .
2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from ports
My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is because I
suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal emulator of
choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode (also known as
urxvt) as my preferred terminal emulator, however, and no longer have
this problem (as well as no longer having funny broken ASCII spew on my
screen when reading email that contains unicode characters).
Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't
apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your
problem.
It's because the TERM'inal emulation / keyboard layout's not
meshing. ^?--as I discovered after I asked the question ~8 months
ago--is a remnant DEC keyboard mapping, when if properly addressed by
setting TERM or fixing the keyboard layout to a standard ASCII keyboard
layout, the problem will go away.
In shorter terms, if you...
1. ... switch over to TERM=xterm (assuming that the terminal prog
you're using is xterm compatible) under the settings for the app (if
they exist) ...
2. ... script in a fix so that it does this in your login shell [you
shouldn't use xterm systemwide for your TERM var, especially if you
login remotely via SSH and use CLI programs like pine (pine's stupid and
doesn't know how to emulate the xterm terminal properly without hacking
the source IIRC)] ...
Ok, I have TERM Set everywhere, plus in ~./zlogin, I have stty
set things correctly, so it must be 3.
3. ... fix the keyboard layout ...
Problem here is HOW? Many months ago my daughter spilled a
glass of water on my working IBM keyboard. Surprise, the
water washed away the rinted leads... . (*mumble*) Since I
have a few others, (old, without the M$ cr*ap keys), I
chose the best, least sticky keyboard and used it.
I remapped my ~/.xmodmaprc file {{ temporarily, ha, ha }}.
How else do I fix the layout? IIRC, there was some place
to set the keyboard: 101, 104, 105, c. This old one is
probably a 101-key model. It's a no-name deal.
Clues please?
gary
PS: {{ WARNING}}: I'Ve got a beg-athon posting upcooming
... '^?' will be replaced with backspaces. 3. is the best solution, but
I had to do 1. before, because I didn't have root access on the servers.
Gosh, I had this on BSDi terminals for ages and had something in my .*_profile
to fix it. I think it was stty erase ^H where ^H was typed by ctrl+v followed
by 'H'. Should be able to execute that on terminal open vim and test it.
--
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0200, Mel wrote:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 22:28:22 Gary Kline wrote:
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
Chad Perrin wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o'
I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
doing wrong and how to fix it?
tia,
gary
I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when
logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal
emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but it
involved a two-tiered approach:
1. set a behavior using stty
Trying to use stty failed... .
2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from ports
My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is because I
suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal emulator of
choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode (also known as
urxvt) as my preferred terminal emulator, however, and no longer have
this problem (as well as no longer having funny broken ASCII spew on my
screen when reading email that contains unicode characters).
Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't
apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your
problem.
It's because the TERM'inal emulation / keyboard layout's not
meshing. ^?--as I discovered after I asked the question ~8 months
ago--is a remnant DEC keyboard mapping, when if properly addressed by
setting TERM or fixing the keyboard layout to a standard ASCII keyboard
layout, the problem will go away.
In shorter terms, if you...
1. ... switch over to TERM=xterm (assuming that the terminal prog
you're using is xterm compatible) under the settings for the app (if
they exist) ...
2. ... script in a fix so that it does this in your login shell [you
shouldn't use xterm systemwide for your TERM var, especially if you
login remotely via SSH and use CLI programs like pine (pine's stupid and
doesn't know how to emulate the xterm terminal properly without hacking
the source IIRC)] ...
Ok, I have TERM Set everywhere, plus in ~./zlogin, I have stty
set things correctly, so it must be 3.
3. ... fix the keyboard layout ...
Problem here is HOW? Many months ago my daughter spilled a
glass of water on my working IBM keyboard. Surprise, the
water washed away the rinted leads... . (*mumble*) Since I
have a few others, (old, without the M$ cr*ap keys), I
chose the best, least sticky keyboard and used it.
I remapped my ~/.xmodmaprc file {{ temporarily, ha, ha }}.
How else do I fix the layout? IIRC, there was some place
to set the keyboard: 101, 104, 105, c. This old one is
probably a 101-key model. It's a no-name deal.
Clues please?
gary
PS: {{ WARNING}}: I'Ve got a beg-athon posting upcooming
... '^?' will be replaced with backspaces. 3. is the best solution, but
I had to do 1. before, because I didn't have root access on the servers.
Gosh, I had this on BSDi terminals for ages and had something in my
.*_profile
to fix it. I think it was stty erase ^H where ^H was typed by ctrl+v followed
by 'H'. Should be able to execute that on terminal open vim and test it.
In in ~/.zlogin (on all 5 machines) I've got
eval `tset -e^H -i^C -s -Q -m 'dialup:?xterm'`;
That did the job until recently. Somewhere in deep memory I
remember the ^V^H stuff. Wasn't the '^' + 'H' ??
I think Garrett had the right solution, tho.
gary
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Saturday 15 September 2007 23:24:54 Gary Kline wrote:
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0200, Mel wrote:
On Saturday 15 September 2007 22:28:22 Gary Kline wrote:
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
Chad Perrin wrote:
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with
vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly.
Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and
clearing that character my cursor moves forward.
Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o'
I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm
doing wrong and how to fix it?
tia,
gary
I tend to guess you're using a terminal emulator from within X when
logging in remotely -- probably aterm or another rxvt-based terminal
emulator. I had similar problems. I don't recall my exact fix, but
it involved a two-tiered approach:
1. set a behavior using stty
Trying to use stty failed... .
2. change a setting in the aterm makefile before installing from
ports
My reference to the aterm makefile in part of the solution is
because I suffered this problem when I used aterm as my terminal
emulator of choice. I have since then switched to rxvt-unicode
(also known as urxvt) as my preferred terminal emulator, however,
and no longer have this problem (as well as no longer having funny
broken ASCII spew on my screen when reading email that contains
unicode characters).
Best o' luck. Let us know if you think this pseudo-solution doesn't
apply to you so we can help you brainstorm other diagnoses of your
problem.
It's because the TERM'inal emulation / keyboard layout's not
meshing. ^?--as I discovered after I asked the question ~8 months
ago--is a remnant DEC keyboard mapping, when if properly addressed by
setting TERM or fixing the keyboard layout to a standard ASCII
keyboard layout, the problem will go away.
In shorter terms, if you...
1. ... switch over to TERM=xterm (assuming that the terminal prog
you're using is xterm compatible) under the settings for the app (if
they exist) ...
2. ... script in a fix so that it does this in your login shell
[you shouldn't use xterm systemwide for your TERM var, especially if
you login remotely via SSH and use CLI programs like pine (pine's
stupid and doesn't know how to emulate the xterm terminal properly
without hacking the source IIRC)] ...
Ok, I have TERM Set everywhere, plus in ~./zlogin, I have stty
set things correctly, so it must be 3.
3. ... fix the keyboard layout ...
Problem here is HOW? Many months ago my daughter spilled a
glass of water on my working IBM keyboard. Surprise, the
water washed away the rinted leads... . (*mumble*) Since I
have a few others, (old, without the M$ cr*ap keys), I
chose the best, least sticky keyboard and used it.
I remapped my ~/.xmodmaprc file {{ temporarily, ha, ha }}.
How else do I fix the layout? IIRC, there was some place
to set the keyboard: 101, 104, 105, c. This old one is
probably a 101-key model. It's a no-name deal.
Clues please?
gary
PS: {{ WARNING}}: I'Ve got a beg-athon posting upcooming
... '^?' will be replaced with backspaces. 3. is the best solution,
but I had to do 1. before, because I didn't have root access on the
servers.
Gosh, I had this on BSDi terminals for ages and had something in my
.*_profile to fix it. I think it was stty erase ^H where ^H was typed by
ctrl+v followed by 'H'. Should be able to execute that on terminal open
vim and test it.
In in ~/.zlogin (on all 5 machines) I've got
eval `tset -e^H -i^C -s -Q -m 'dialup:?xterm'`;
That did the job until recently. Somewhere in deep memory I
remember the ^V^H stuff. Wasn't the '^' + 'H' ??
Maybe. I can't recall. Btw, you set erase to backspace there, but get a delete
sequence, so maybe deleting -e^H on the target machine works. Then again, vim
may be using erase2, rather then erase. Look at stty control characters
section and fiddle around, then stick with what works. That's usually the
best option for this non-printing character stuff :p
I think Garrett had the right solution, tho.
Yeah, if the terminal definition is correct on the target machine, which isn't
always the case.
--
Mel
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Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On 9/16/07, Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gary, On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? When in a problematic SSH session try entering 'stty erase ctrl-v ctrl-?' Then hit the backspace key and see if it behaves as normal. If that works, then you have a terminal emulation problem, and need to try some other terms to find one that works for your keyboard (must be set both client AND server-side). If you think you really need to edit the keyboard mappings then the file is /etc/termcap but i strongly recommend trying a few different terminals (try vt100, linux, xterm, etc) before editing that file. Remember, they need to be set in pairs, so change the term on both sides, disconnect, reconnect with the new term, and do your tests. Hope it helps, Chris. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:28:22PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Trying to use stty failed... . What terminal emulator are you using? It may be that, as was the case with me when I was using aterm, I needed to use stty *and* needed to change a configuration in the aterm makefile. It's possible that stty alone won't do it, but stty in combination with something else *will*. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:12:04PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:28:22PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Trying to use stty failed... . What terminal emulator are you using? It may be that, as was the case with me when I was using aterm, I needed to use stty *and* needed to change a configuration in the aterm makefile. It's possible that stty alone won't do it, but stty in combination with something else *will*. Sounds entirely rational. Because here and with CTWM I have simple xterms; on my new tao runnning Gnome as a manager, I use Konsole. Entrely to get the BEL in vi/nvi. I find that if I use Settings - Keyboard and then select FreeBSD Console, I come fairly close. Then [Backspace] backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space backways. UsingTerminal, it defaults to this. Anther indicator thata Garrett is right is that by doing an ssh -X tao, X gives me X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 100 (X_ChangeKeyboardMapping) Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 12 q3 20:06 tao [5032] If this gives annybody a clue, I'd be much obliged for some insights. . gary -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 07:46:53AM +1000, Chris Keladis wrote: On 9/16/07, Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gary, On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 10:58:52AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 06:01:03PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? When in a problematic SSH session try entering 'stty erase ctrl-v ctrl-?' Hm. I'm on tao2 now, ssh's into tao. On a Konsole on tao2, the [backspace] key works fine--from the CL. Your suggestion of using the literal ^V^? makes no difference. The only thing that does, is selection the freebsd console from the Konsole Settings - Keyboard drop-down, as I wrote to Chad a few minutes ago. So closer. Then hit the backspace key and see if it behaves as normal. If that works, then you have a terminal emulation problem, and need to try some other terms to find one that works for your keyboard (must be set both client AND server-side). If you think you really need to edit the keyboard mappings then the file is /etc/termcap but i strongly recommend trying a few different terminals (try vt100, linux, xterm, etc) before editing that file. I'm not touching the termcap file unless it's an (abs) last resort! Remember, they need to be set in pairs, so change the term on both sides, disconnect, reconnect with the new term, and do your tests. Thanks for your help, gentleen. I'll let you know when/if I figure this out! gary Hope it helps, Chris. -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? tia, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me ^?
On Saturday 15 September 2007 01:01:03 Gary Kline wrote: Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and clearing that character my cursor moves forward. Example: typing This as thos and backspacing to the 'o' I'll see thos^?^?Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm doing wrong and how to fix it? tia, gary Does this also happen when you use vim? I wonder if you are really using vi and not ee or some other editor. I had many problems with vi so I did 'touch .vimrc' in my home directory cd ~ touch .vimrc I use vim rather than vi and if I remember correctly, when I first installed FreeBSD, 'vi' was actually a symlink to 'ee'. I might be wrong about that. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
