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Date: | Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:51:19 -0400 |
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An alternative to providing instructions for a workaround would be to modify the default initialization files that are provided with the terminal emulators. For example, rxvt comes with the following file: $ cygcheck -l rxvt | grep app-defaults /etc/defaults/etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt The post-installation script of rxvt could be changed to install the default, system initialization file 'Rxvt' into the directory /etc/X11/app-defaults/. That file could be modified to include the following lines: Rxvt.backspacekey: ^? Rxvt.ttyModes: erase ^? With those changes (modifying the file and copying it into /etc/X11/app-defaults), rxvt should give the behavior that is expected for the backspace key and the Control-H key combination, both at the shell prompt and in terminal-mode Emacs. Similar solutions can likely be devised for xterm and mintty, but I do not have those packages installed. These solutions would need to be incorporated into new versions of the terminal emulator packages, which would require the agreement of those package maintainers. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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