I've dropped all the bindkey statements from my .screenrc, as they were
causing other troubles when using other applications (e.g. vim), as
predicted.
I'm now using an alias via .bashrc, so now all 'screen' is translated to
'screen -T $TERM'. This plays a lot nicer, and seems to produce the
Also worth noting, this bug has been around for a while - why haven't I
had issues with it until recently?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11294#c13
Still no solution by me.
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Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787
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Micah,
Thanks for pointing that out - I was noticing some unexpected behaviors,
this explains them.
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Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29787
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I found a workaround per a comment above. I'm using gnome-terminal, and
on some systems I use, 'screen' produces a beep/bell when I hit
'backspace'.
in ~/.screenrc:
bindkey -d ^? stuff ^H
bindkey -d ^@ stuff ^H
It now behaves as expected.
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Backspace key in GNU Screen not detected correctly
