[16061] in Athena Bugs
Re: sun4 8.1.18: athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ask, and it will be given you)
Thu Jul 30 13:28:32 1998
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 13:03:28 -0400
To: signet <chappell@MIT.EDU>
From: "Ask, and it will be given you" <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199807292059.QAA03009@m2-032-4.MIT.EDU>
One of the changes with Athena 8.2 is that we've removed the nonstandard
swap of backspace and delete which we used to do on the sun.
For other documentation of changes, please see
http://web.mit.edu/olh/Release/8.2
thank you for reporting this
Mike
At 04:59 PM 7/29/98 -0400, signet wrote:
:)System name: m2-032-4
:)Type and version: SPARC/5 8.1.18
:)Display type: cgthree
:)
:)What were you trying to do?
:)I'm trying to use backspace and delete.
:)
:)What's wrong:
:)The buttons seemed to have reversed: bksp deletes whatever's behind the
cursor
:)and delete removes whatever's in front of the cursor.
:)
:)What should have happened:
:)Backspace and delete should be reversed.
:)
:)Please describe any relevant documentation references:
:)Up until two to three weeks ago, the buttons had been correct in all Athena
:)labs. Then the functions of the buttons switched in 2-032 and few other labs
for
:)sure. The lab in Bldg. 37 seems unaffected.
:)
:)
:)
