Re: [TCLUG:3695] xterm"ish" type question...

[schewe@tcfreenet.org]

On 25 Jan, Scott K. Johnson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just added "wterm" to my system.  It's a transparent type xterm for window
> maker.
> 
> Now, when I use that, or the original rxvt that I was using before, my
> backspace and delete keys don't work.
> 
> Now, I know how to tell it to use them if they give me a "^something"
> character.  But in this case, they both give me a "~" echoed to the screen.
> This really confuses
> things, because naturally, it thinks I want my home directory, etc.
> (~/something, etc...).
> 
> Poking through some docs I have, I found out how to see "exactly" what the
> system is receiving when I hit either key.  They both are "^[[3~".  When I
> try "stty erase ^[[3~" it doesn't work, and I've tried closing it in with
> ticks, quotes, etc.
> 
> Anyone ran into this before?  Any pointers on how I might resolve this
> annoying little problem??
> 
I believe ^[[3~ is the delete key.  Try using xmodmap to reassign the
keysyms to backspace.


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