This is because you have ERASE set to ^H in termios which means tmux decides expects that your backspace key sends ^H. tmux sends ^? for backspace always (or it would be inconsistent on different terminals).
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:07:19AM +0200, Egan Ford wrote: > Hmmm... actually an xterm not running tmux returns ^H for C-h, whereas > when tmux is running I get ^?. Screen also return ^H. > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Egan Ford <e...@sense.net> wrote: > > Doh! ?Thanks. ?I should have checked that. ?Apparently C-h with OS/X > > X11 is C-?. ?I have never seen this behavior with Linux or other UNIX. > > ?I redefined with C-?. ?Problem solved. > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Randy Stauner > > <ra...@magnificent-tears.com> wrote: > >> Using tmux-cvs in linux with 2 separate gui terminals (xfce4-terminal and > >> xterm) > >> I have no problem binding C-h. > >> I don't know anything about macs... > >> but I wonder if your terminal is grabbing the Control-H > >> because it thinks you're trying to send a backspace character. > >> If you hit Ctrl-V Ctrl-H at your shell prompt what does it print? (should > >> probably be ^H) > >> As a curiosity test, you could try binding something to BSpace > >> then try hitting prefix, ctrl-h and see if it fires the event attached to > >> BSpace. > >> If so then your terminal is capturing that sequence before sending it to > >> tmux. > >> Also I notice that your conf sets xterm-keys on but without the -g to make > >> it global. > >> Was that your intention? ?I don't really understand what the xterm-keys > >> setting does... > >> does toggling it affect your ability to bind C-h ? > >> There are likely much more educated people out there that could be more > >> helpful... > >> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Egan Ford <e...@sense.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> Subject says it all. ?OS/X 10.6.4, tmux 1.4 in xterm. > >>> > >>> Because of numerous challenges getting Ctrl and Meta Arrows to work > >>> with OS/X-X11 I opted to use h j k l and H J K L (with repeat) for > >>> pane selection and resizing. ?This setup works remarkable well and > >>> requires no right hand replacement to get to arrow keys. ?The problem > >>> is that I press h j k or l too quickly after C-a (my C-b)--i.e. CTRL > >>> is still down. ?So I bound C-h, C-j, etc... as well. ?All works but > >>> C-h. ?C-a Shift-H, etc... does not have this problem since the time to > >>> press R_SHIFT = that of the time it takes me to release CTRL. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> --A very long time screen user switching to tmux. > >>> > >>> My .tmux.conf: > >>> > >>> set-option -g prefix C-a > >>> setw -g mode-keys vi > >>> bind h select-pane -L > >>> bind C-h select-pane -L > >>> bind j select-pane -D > >>> bind C-j select-pane -D > >>> bind k select-pane -U > >>> bind C-k select-pane -U > >>> bind l select-pane -R > >>> bind C-l select-pane -R > >>> bind -r H resize-pane -L > >>> bind -r J resize-pane -D > >>> bind -r K resize-pane -U > >>> bind -r L resize-pane -R > >>> bind C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/tmp/output.#I-#P' > >>> set-window-option xterm-keys on > >>> set-option repeat-time 1000 > >>> unbind % > >>> bind | split-window -h > >>> bind - split-window -v > >>> set-option status off > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > >>> What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > >>> Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > >>> to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> tmux-users mailing list > >>> tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
