X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=5.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4BC31FF4.9070302@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:28:20 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen. References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 On 4/12/2010 8:36 AM, Al G. wrote: >>> It sounds as though no change is required in screen for this. >> >> Correct. >> >>> screen is an ancient program from the dim mists of early terminal days, so I'm >>> not surprised that it has some problems of this kind. >> >> Don't worry, screen isn't doing anything wrong here. Setting the >> VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is >> perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace >> keycode that caused the problem. > > @ Larry: Sorry, still not used to responding to the digests. I PEBCAKd > the Spam info. > > Where should I look to see this patch once it's released? The patch is to cygwin1.dll. You can grab it from a snapshot now if you like: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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