X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <416096c60912242318v648a0043q548724b2a49fb183@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B3456D0.6060602@opus1.com> <416096c60912242318v648a0043q548724b2a49fb183@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:33:51 +0000 Message-ID: <416096c60912260033n2147ad8fh84de8b4f4b6df383@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: need workaround for backspace change in 1.7 From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 2009/12/25 Andy Koppe: > 2009/12/25 Ric Anderson: >> For a =C2=A0variety of reasons, I need a way to switch the character sen= t by the >> Console Window Backspace key from ASCII \177 to ASCII \008 (that is, make >> the backspace key send the ASCII backspace character like it did in older >> cygwin versions). > > Can't be done at the moment, sorry. It would make sense for the > console to take the stty erase setting into account though. Implemented in CVS, so with cygwin-1.7.2 (or the next snapshot from http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/) you'll be able to change the console's backspace keycode using 'stty erase ^H'. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple