Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/11/20/19:34:32
Because I have almost the same backspace problem when /bin/sh is running
inside Windows version of rxvt. I have no problems with /bin/bash or
when rxvt is running in X-Window mode.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Tiller [mailto:jtiller AT sjm DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:28 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Another less/rxvt prob: Not interpreting <backspace>?
Yo, Again, Sergei! :)
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Sergei Okhapkin wrote:
> Set env var SHELL to "bash" before starting rxvt.
Thanks for taking a stab at this. :) I did as you suggested, but this
didn't seem to change less's behavior. Obviously I'm ignorant, so I'm
wondering why you thought this might fix me up...
---Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Tiller [mailto:jtiller AT sjm DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 6:59 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Another less/rxvt prob: Not interpreting <backspace>?
>
>
> Hi, All, :)
>
> "Thank You!" to Sergei and Matthijs who graciously gave suggestions
> and commiseration about my problem with 'less' not determining the
> terminal size correctly. Through no fault of my own, the problem
> seems to have ameliorated itself: running 'less' in a new rxvt
> instance no longer exhibits the quirky behavior of trying to scroll
> only 24 lines in a 25-line terminal.
>
> (Note that rxvt is still opening a window that is one row greater than
> what I ask for. I ask for '-geometry "80x24"' and get 80x25, but
> that's a niggle.)
>
> However, 'less' now seems to be struggling to interpret keystrokes.
> Specifically <backspace>: when editing a search pattern, instead of
> erasing the previous character, 'less' inserts "^?".
> <Ctrl>-<backspace> seems to perform the function of <backspace>, as
> does <Ctrl>-h. Once again, this behavior didn't crop up until my
> recent update from 1.3.12 or so to 1.3.15 on Friday.
>
> Here is what I believe to be the relevant info about my system. If
> this isn't clear or complete enough, please let me know!
>
> Installation info:
> cygwin: 1.3.15-2
> rxvt: 2.7.2-14
> bash: 2.05b-7
> less: 374-1
> termcap: 20020930-1
> terminfo: 5.2-3
> Win2K SP2
>
> rxvt invocation:
> C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe /c start C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -tn "rxvt"
> -fg grey -bg black -fn "Fixedsys" -sr -sl 5000 -e /bin/bash --login -i
>
> Relevant environment variables:
>
> TERM=xterm
> LESS=iFMSX# 8
> CYGWIN=tty nontsec
>
> Any ideas on how I can investigate this problem further?
>
> ---Jason
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