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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:42:49 -0500
From: Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: The humble <DEL> and other editing keys
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:31:38PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> Elfyn McBratney wrote on 14 Feb 2003 18:18:47 -0000
> > 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.
> 
> Thanks!  I've been wondering about that for far too long.  :-)
> 
> 
> BTW  I read the readline portion of "man bash" and was able to figure
> out the "~/.inputrc", "\e", ":", "delete-char" parts, but how did you
> figure out that the <Del> key maps to "[3~"?

For keys that send an escape sequence I often go into a vi style
editor's append mode, press Ctrl-V to "quote" the next char and
press the key in question.

If the key is not mapped by the tty input driver, this should also
work in a posix type shell in vi mode.  And cat -v (or vet) may be
useful as well.

> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> David
> 
> 
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