Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/09/23/06:57:54
Hi,
Regarding rxvt and ^H verses ^? a better solution
is to start rvxt with a command line that includes
the option -backspacekey ^H rather than use stty.
You can do this in a windows shortcut and also in
a shell alias.
I also have a file in my home directory called .inputrc which
is used to configure the key used by bash, ftp, and some other
programs, I use the following entries (literal text) which mean
I can use the delete key as well as the backspace key, and other
keys, try it and see
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line
"\e[7~": beginning-of-line
"\e[8~": end-of-line
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on
The convert-meta and output-meta settings are used so I
can use the (£) UK pound symbol. I am in the UK and have
a UK keyboard.
I hope this is helpful.
/John Vincent.
>From: luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au
>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: Promoting rxvt (non-X11)
>Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:06:40 +1000 (EST)
>
>Suggestion: include a shortcut for rxvt as well as for Cygwin, as part
>of setup.exe?
>
>rxvt is an excellent replacement for the Windows command window -
>except that programs like vi seem to be expecting ^H for backspace,
>whereas the key is actually sending a Del (^?), it seems.
>
>The solution seems simple: just execute stty -erase ^?.
>
>So, I have set up a shortcut for rxvt:
>
> C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sk -title rxvt -e bash --login
>
>and modified my .profile to include:
>
> if [ "$COLORTERM" = "rxvt-xpm" ]
> then
> stty erase ^?
> fi
>
>That covers everything except rxvt windows started from the command
>line. Does anyone know why rxvt has this ^H vs ^? behaviour, and xterm
>doesn't?
>
>luke
>
>
>
>
>
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