Hi, Regarding rxvt and ^H verses ^? a better solution is to start rvxt with a command line that includes the option -backspacekey ^H rather than use stty.
You can do this in a windows shortcut and also in a shell alias. I also have a file in my home directory called .inputrc which is used to configure the key used by bash, ftp, and some other programs, I use the following entries (literal text) which mean I can use the delete key as well as the backspace key, and other keys, try it and see "\e[3~": delete-char "\e[1~": beginning-of-line "\e[4~": end-of-line "\e[H": beginning-of-line "\e[F": end-of-line "\e[7~": beginning-of-line "\e[8~": end-of-line set convert-meta off set output-meta on The convert-meta and output-meta settings are used so I can use the (£) UK pound symbol. I am in the UK and have a UK keyboard. I hope this is helpful. /John Vincent. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Promoting rxvt (non-X11) >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:06:40 +1000 (EST) > >Suggestion: include a shortcut for rxvt as well as for Cygwin, as part >of setup.exe? > >rxvt is an excellent replacement for the Windows command window - >except that programs like vi seem to be expecting ^H for backspace, >whereas the key is actually sending a Del (^?), it seems. > >The solution seems simple: just execute stty -erase ^?. > >So, I have set up a shortcut for rxvt: > > C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -sr -sk -title rxvt -e bash --login > >and modified my .profile to include: > > if [ "$COLORTERM" = "rxvt-xpm" ] > then > stty erase ^? > fi > >That covers everything except rxvt windows started from the command >line. Does anyone know why rxvt has this ^H vs ^? behaviour, and xterm >doesn't? > >luke > > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
