Elfyn, Thanks.
See my comments and further questions, below. At 2003-02-14 06:18 PM +0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> I want <DEL> to do what any self-respecting <DEL> > should do, namely delete the character at the cursor. 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 key.
* ~/.inputrc works. /etc/inputrc doesn't. Why? * Is there documentation for this? Specific to Cygwin? Or, not necessary due to complete compatibility. Does terminfo, play a role, here? * How does one go about writing documentation for Cygwin? I'm interested. * What are the names of the forward and backward word keys in 'bash', and how do I set them to <CTRL-right-arrow> and <CTRL-left-arrow>. (I have the environment variable, 'EDITOR', set to 'TextPad".) Lee D. Rothstein -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] VeriTech -- 603-424-2900 7 Merry Meeting Drive Merrimack, NH 03054-2934 ---------- -- 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/