Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 17:19:19 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to separate backspace and control-J functions? Message-ID: <20050516151919.GE7865@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20050516144121.31450.qmail@web53608.mail.yahoo.com> <4288B486.C0E7E9C@dessent.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4288B486.C0E7E9C@dessent.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i On May 16 07:56, Brian Dessent wrote: > "airplays55@yahoo.com" wrote: > > > Anyways, isn't there a terminal type for use with > > cygwin that will differentiate between BACKSPACE and > > ^H? > > > > I'm surprised that cygwin does not, because every > > linux/unix system I've used easily distinguished > > between the two. > > As Eric said, if you're using a CMD.EXE window, then no. If you're > using rxvt or xterm, then yes, certainly. I don't really see how you > can complain about a CMD.EXE window not being able to differentiate > backspace because CMD.EXE sucks so hard in so many other ways that I > can't understand why anyone that cares about a quality terminal would > consider using it. Bravo! Standing ovation! *clap, clap, clap* (encountering the surrounding silence, looking nerveously into the camera, waves and dives back into the seat, embarrased) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/