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From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Lee D. Rothstein" <lee AT veritech DOT com>
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Subject: Re: The humble <DEL> and other editing keys
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:18:47 -0000
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> Since at least 1979, when I started using Warren Montgomery's
> Emacs on System III UNIX, I have been annoyed with DEC's and
> RMS's treatment of the <DEL> (or <RUBOUT> key as they called
> it. In those days, I "reconfigured" my keyboard to fix this
> abortion.
> 
> I want <DEL> to do what any self-respecting <DEL> should do,
> namely delete the character at the cursor.
> 
> Anyone know how to do this with Cygwin command line editing?

In bash you can add the following

# DEL key in bash
"\e[3~": delete-char

to your ~/.inputrc or your /etc/inputrc file to get a functioning DEL ke.


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk


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