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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:20:54 +0200
From:	"Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To:	Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
CC:	Ian Brandt <ian AT ianbrandt DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Map Backspace to ASCII DEL?
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Hello Ian,

my apologies, I'm still learning english;)

>> Currently it seems that the cygwin terminal sends ^H (ASCII BS, 0x08)
>> for backspace, and the VT220 Remove escape sequence (\E[3~, 0x1B5B337E)
>> for Delete.  I'd like it to send ^? (ASCII DEL, 0x7F) so that ^H can be
>> used by applications (e.g. emacs).  This is how I've always configured

> # "\C-h": backward-delete-char
> # "\C-?": backward-delete-char

At least I found the Bash builtin bind:
bind -u backward-delete-char
removes all bindings for the Backspace key so you can define ^H yourself
with another Function.


Gerrit
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