X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_MSGID_LONG45,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100410140811.GA8593@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <20100410140811 DOT GA8593 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:00:30 +0100 Received: by 10.239.152.211 with SMTP id w19mr128833hbb.150.1270915230828; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen. From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Christopher Faylor: >>Workarounds: Add 'set CYGWIN=3Dtty' to Cygwin.bat (or wherever you're >>starting your session from), or use one of the other terminals. > > If setting CYGWIN=3Dtty affects the setting of the backspace key for ptys > then that's a bug in Cygwin. =C2=A0You really should *not* be setting > CYGWIN=3Dtty for applications like mintty, rxvt, xterm, ssh, screen, etc., > which use ptys. =C2=A0Really. The issue only affects the specific case of 'screen' running in the console without 'tty' in the CYGWIN settings: the backspace key sends ^@ instead of what's set in the console's stty settings. Yes, I assume it's a Cygwin bug. 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