On Sat, 31 May 1997 08:03:31 -0400, Ralph Winslow wrote: >donk wrote: >> >> Deciding to try out debian I installed 1.3 and recenly discovered delete >> doesn't work as I hoped. Delete is mapped as ^[[3~ which produces simply >> "~" and a beep. > >I don't know what the <ESC> sequence is about (though it smells a lot >like >emacs); but mapping <CTRL>D to anything but <EOF> would certainly drive >me (and most old UNIX hackers I suspect) right up the wall. It IS a >PERSONAL Computer, however, so whatever floats your boat, I guess.
The problem lies, as I understand it, with true vt100 emulation. vt100 maps the delete function to ^D, and no one will dare fix it because that would mean it is not 100% vt100 compatible. God forbid. Well screw vt100, I'd rather shoot for 100% compatibility with the keyboards everyone has! vt100s are extinct! ^D also screws with programs that look for one. The guy that mapped the delete key to it, will be hurting real bad when he goes to use things in X. I found out the hard way myself. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
