Re: Backspaces converted to ^? -- want to get rid of ^? -_-...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Bill Campbell wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, this happens regularly on my FreeBSD box at home when I'm not su'ed in as root using vim, or the SuSe box at work when I VNC into it (using vim once again), and I'm frankly quite tired of lame control characters screwing up my day. Is there any way to fix this behavior so pressing backspace erases a character, not prints out a ^? character? This is generally a function of your terminal emulator or xterm and is a carryover from old DEC terminal's stupid keyboard mappings. The attached XTerm file put in $HOME/XTerm will get xterms to send ctrl-h from the backspace key. Other programs like putty typically have a keyboard configuration that permits setting the backspace key to send either ctrl-H or a DEL character. I leave it as an exercise for the student to figure out my other tweaks in this file :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Microsoft IIS has more holes than a wheel of Swiss Cheese after a shotgun blast'' -- John Dvorak Hmmm... you have a lot of different tweaks in there. I'll definitely implement the delete thing as soon as possible. Thanks! -Garrett The correct way to fix is to use stty(1). For example: stty erase2 '^?' ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Backspaces converted to ^? -- want to get rid of ^? -_-...
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Bill Campbell wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, this happens regularly on my FreeBSD box at home when I'm not su'ed in as root using vim, or the SuSe box at work when I VNC into it (using vim once again), and I'm frankly quite tired of lame control characters screwing up my day. Is there any way to fix this behavior so pressing backspace erases a character, not prints out a ^? character? This is generally a function of your terminal emulator or xterm and is a carryover from old DEC terminal's stupid keyboard mappings. The attached XTerm file put in $HOME/XTerm will get xterms to send ctrl-h from the backspace key. Other programs like putty typically have a keyboard configuration that permits setting the backspace key to send either ctrl-H or a DEL character. I leave it as an exercise for the student to figure out my other tweaks in this file :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Microsoft IIS has more holes than a wheel of Swiss Cheese after a shotgun blast'' -- John Dvorak Hmmm... you have a lot of different tweaks in there. I'll definitely implement the delete thing as soon as possible. Thanks! -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Backspaces converted to ^? -- want to get rid of ^? -_-...
On Fri, Feb 02, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, this happens regularly on my FreeBSD box at home when I'm not > su'ed in as root using vim, or the SuSe box at work when I VNC into > it (using vim once again), and I'm frankly quite tired of lame > control characters screwing up my day. Is there any way to fix this > behavior so pressing backspace erases a character, not prints out a > ^? character? This is generally a function of your terminal emulator or xterm and is a carryover from old DEC terminal's stupid keyboard mappings. The attached XTerm file put in $HOME/XTerm will get xterms to send ctrl-h from the backspace key. Other programs like putty typically have a keyboard configuration that permits setting the backspace key to send either ctrl-H or a DEL character. I leave it as an exercise for the student to figure out my other tweaks in this file :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software, LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Microsoft IIS has more holes than a wheel of Swiss Cheese after a shotgun blast'' -- John Dvorak ! !! !! SAMPLE .Xdefaults / app-defaults RESOURCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR XTERM !! ! ! ! !! !! set default tty mode. !! ! !XTerm*ttyModes: intr ^? erase ^H kill ^U ! ! ! !! !! modify mouse functionality so that "Shift " has the same !! functionality as "". !! !! The Ctrl xterm window menu CANNOT be popped up using !! Shift Ctrl !! ! !*VT100*translations: #override\ ! Shift : insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\ ! Button1 : insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) ! !*VT100*Scrollbar*translations: #override\ ! Shift : StartScroll(Continuous) MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\ ! Shift : MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\ ! Button1 : StartScroll(Continuous) MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() \n\ ! Button1 : MoveThumb() NotifyThumb() ! ! ! !! !! menu resources !! ! !*SimpleMenu*BackingStore: NotUseful !*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso*-* !*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.vertSpace: 100 !*SimpleMenu*HorizontalMargins: 16 !*SimpleMenu*Sme.height:16 ! !*SimpleMenu*Cursor: left_ptr !*mainMenu.Label: Main Options !*mainMenu*securekbd*Label: Secure Keyboard !*mainMenu*allowsends*Label: Allow SendEvents !*mainMenu*logging*Label: Log to File !*mainMenu*redraw*Label: Redraw Window !*mainMenu*suspend*Label: Send STOP Signal !*mainMenu*continue*Label: Send CONT Signal !*mainMenu*interrupt*Label: Send INT Signal !*mainMenu*hangup*Label: Send HUP Signal !*mainMenu*terminate*Label: Send TERM Signal !*mainMenu*kill*Label: Send KILL Signal !*mainMenu*quit*Label: Quit ! !*vtMenu.Label: VT Options !*vtMenu*scrollbar*Label: Enable Scrollbar !*vtMenu*jumpscroll*Label: Enable Jump Scroll !*vtMenu*reversevideo*Label: Enable Reverse Video !*vtMenu*autowrap*Label: Enable Auto Wraparound !*vtMenu*reversewrap*Label: Enable Reverse Wraparound !*vtMenu*autolinefeed*Label: Enable Auto Linefeed !*vtMenu*appcursor*Label: Enable Application Cursor Keys !*vtMenu*appkeypad*Label: Enable Application Keypad !*vtMenu*scrollkey*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Key Press !*vtMenu*scrollttyoutput*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Tty Output !*vtMenu*allow132*Label: Allow 80/132 Column Switching !*vtMenu*cursesemul*Label: Enable Curses Emulation !*vtMenu*visualbell*Label: Enable Visual Bell !*vtMenu*marginbell*Label: Enable Margin Bell !*vtMenu*altscreen*Label: Show Alternate Screen !*vtMenu*softreset*Label: Do Soft Reset !*vtMenu*hardreset*Label: Do Full Reset !*vtMenu*tekshow*Label: Show Tek Window !*vtMenu*tekmode*Label: Switch to Tek Mode !*vtMenu*vthide*Label: Hide VT Window ! !*fontMenu.Label: VT Fonts !*fontMenu*fontdefault*Label: Default !*fontMenu*font1*Label: 6x10 !*VT100*font1: 6x10 !*fontMenu*font2*Label: 6x12 !*VT100*font2: 6x12 !*fontMenu*font3*Label: 9x15 !*VT100*font3: 9x15 !*fontMenu*font4*Label: 10x20 !*VT100*font4: 10x20 !*fontMenu*fontescape*Label:Escape Sequence !*fontMenu*fontsel*Label: Selection !!fontescape and fontsel overridden by application ! !*tekMenu.Label: Tek Options !*tekMenu*tektextlarge*Label: Large Characters !*tekMenu*tektext2*Label: #2 Size Characters !*tekMenu*tektext3*Label: #3 Size Characters !*tekMenu*tektextsmall*Label: Small Characters !*tekMenu*tekpage*Label: PAGE !*tekMenu*tekreset*Label: RESET !*tekMenu*tekcopy*Label: COPY !*tekMenu*vtshow*Label: Show VT Window !*tekMenu*vtmode*Label: Switch to VT Mode !*tekMenu*tekhide*Label: Hide Tek Window ! *tek4014*fontLarge: 10x20 *tek4014*font2: 9x15 *tek4014*font3: 6x13 *tek4014*fontSmall: 6x10 XTerm*font: 10x20 XTerm*pointerShape: arrow XTerm*termName: xterm XTerm*blink:true XTerm*loginShell: true XTerm*scrollBar:true ! XTerm*cursorColor:
