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To: Axel Kowald <axel AT itb DOT biologie DOT hu-berlin DOT de>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Working "delete key" ??
References: <3A96448D DOT ACDE5A36 AT itb DOT biologie DOT hu-berlin DOT de>
From: Jon Ericson <Jonathan DOT L DOT Ericson AT jpl DOT nasa DOT gov>
Date: 23 Feb 2001 19:41:24 +0000
In-Reply-To: Axel Kowald's message of "Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:07:57 +0100"
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Axel Kowald <axel AT itb DOT biologie DOT hu-berlin DOT de> writes:

> How do I make the delete key work ?

You could add the following entries to your .inputrc:

"\e[2~": paste-from-clipboard
"\e[3~": delete-char

As a bonus, it binds the insert key to something useful.

(I'd be happy to submit a FAQ patch for this.  I could modify the one
I submitted last week. :)

Jon


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