backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote.
guys, here's a bug with how the backspace key doesn't work across computers. i'm not sure if there were troubles going from FBSD to FBSD, but there is when i ssh from my ubuntu platform to my main desktop. i do this to edit files or for replying to mutt mail using vi. going from ethos [ubuntu] to tao [fbsd] and using vi, the backspace key is translated to \177 and is echoed as ^?. it does not erase. i have to type % stty erase ^V [backspacekey] to fix this problem. otherwise, to erase a character, i have to type a control-H. it is exact the same problem going from fbsd to ubunto. has anybody seen this before? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 4.91a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:04:05PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: guys, here's a bug with how the backspace key doesn't work across computers. i'm not sure if there were troubles going from FBSD to FBSD, but there is when i ssh from my ubuntu platform to my main desktop. i do this to edit files or for replying to mutt mail using vi. going from ethos [ubuntu] to tao [fbsd] and using vi, the backspace key is translated to \177 and is echoed as ^?. it does not erase. i have to type % stty erase ^V [backspacekey] to fix this problem. otherwise, to erase a character, i have to type a control-H. it is exact the same problem going from fbsd to ubunto. has anybody seen this before? probably (outside of Linux and a few special cases such as Cygwin, everyone else uses ^H for backspace - all of the BSD's and all of the vendor Unix's). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgpp0vuivOg8X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote.
On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:35:56 -0400, Thomas Dickey dic...@radix.net wrote: probably (outside of Linux and a few special cases such as Cygwin, everyone else uses ^H for backspace - all of the BSD's and all of the vendor Unix's). As far as I know, ^? indicates the delete key... Maybe the delete key does ^H in this setting? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 03:03:00PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:35:56 -0400, Thomas Dickey dic...@radix.net wrote: probably (outside of Linux and a few special cases such as Cygwin, everyone else uses ^H for backspace - all of the BSD's and all of the vendor Unix's). As far as I know, ^? indicates the delete key... Maybe the delete key does ^H in this setting? By uses ^H for backspace, I was referring to the terminal emulators such as xterm which can be initialized to send either ^H or ^? for the backspace key, as well as the console terminals which generally send one or the other... -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgpKRZb50F0PD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote.
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 12:25:50PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 03:03:00PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:35:56 -0400, Thomas Dickey dic...@radix.net wrote: probably (outside of Linux and a few special cases such as Cygwin, everyone else uses ^H for backspace - all of the BSD's and all of the vendor Unix's). As far as I know, ^? indicates the delete key... Maybe the delete key does ^H in this setting? By uses ^H for backspace, I was referring to the terminal emulators such as xterm which can be initialized to send either ^H or ^? for the backspace key, as well as the console terminals which generally send one or the other... Problem solved. I didn't expect anyone else to have this bug, but then I googled and found that on ubuntu linux I had to set my Keybord to Solaris; it had been set to Linux. I use the kde Konsole emulator on both desktop. The Keyboard setting of freebsd console works fine here on FBSD. 'Strange-but-true' -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 4.91a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
