Hi, I'm going to repeat this post again, since it seems annoying that someone else should have encountered this problem, but no one replied the first time. In summary, xfree86 as shipped in debian appears to have backspace and delete both bound to the Delete KeySym, so it's not possible to generate a ^H by pressing either keys. Bash 2.01 seems to want ^H for a backspace. So, how can I change this mapping back to del -> delete and backspace -> ^H on a systemwide basis? I guess I could use the xmodmap file in /etc/X11/... but i'd rather find the source of the original problem. I am not using the Xkb extension.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 02:43:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Xfree86: how to make Backspace really be KeySym backspace?? Resent-Date: 17 Oct 1997 06:41:24 -0000 Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Hi, It appears that in the default keyboard mapping for xfree86 (xkb disabled), both the backspace key *and* the delete key are mapped to the KeySym 'Delete'. Can someone tell me where this is being done? I don't want these keys mapped. In other words, I'd like the delete key = keysym Delete backspace key = keysym BackSpace the way it should be. I know I could use xmodmap to remap the keys back to the original ways, but I'd rather find the source of the problem and remove the mapping that is currently being done in the first place. Can anyone help? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .