A couple of weeks ago I wrote: > How does one get consistant behavior of the backspace key in emacs and > gnometerm? I've fed xmodmap > > remove Lock = Caps_Lock > remove Control = Control_L > keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock > keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L > add Lock = Caps_Lock > add Control = Control_L > keysym BackSpace = Delete > > and then > > echo "XTerm*ttyModes: erase " | xrdb -merge > > which has worked for me in other unices and is documented in the > xmodmap man page for freebsd, but no joy. It doesn't work for xterm > either :-( > > Running 4.7-RELEASE for i386. >
I received several requests for answers, but no answer. However, the following seems to work here: Set your xmodmap as shown above but don't use gnometerm, use xterm (this also helps if you need utmp to be munged) and incorporate this into your resources db: XTerm*deleteIsDEL: true sdb -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
