[2387] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: BackSpace <-> Delete
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kev)
Wed Jan 13 06:19:54 1999
To: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 13 Jan 1999 06:03:30 EST."
<199901131103.GAA11125@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 06:19:43 EST
From: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
> > I guess I could give the xlogin package a triggerin on XFree86 that
> > does something like:
> >
> > xtermad=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
> > /bin/grep -i -q backarrowKey ${xtermad} ||
> > echo '*BackarrowKey: false' >> ${xtermad}
>
> We should try to do the same for NXTerm and Xterm-color (in RPMs
> xterm-color and XFree86, respectively...and yes, I mean in that
> order!). Looking over my app-defaults for a stock RedHat 5.2 box,
> the only other one I see which might need fixing is KTerm, in the
> kterm RPM...anyone know any others that need this fix? Other
> discussion?
hmmm, this looks harder to support; neither NXTerm nor Xterm-color
seem to support *BackarrowKey...It seems reasonable to me to ignore
them for now, maybe try to fix them later. Ah well...
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