netbsd-bugs: Re: xsrc/26397: xterm takes excessive liberties with ^H

Subject: Re: xsrc/26397: xterm takes excessive liberties with ^H
To: NetBSD Bugs <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/22/2004 15:06:39

wolfgang@wsrcc.com output:
:	xterm forces a non-desirable mapping onto ^H.

No, it's not a bug in xterm but an emacs "feature".  If you run without the
"Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)" setting (eg. XTerm*backarrowKey: false) and set the
tty settings appropriately, i.e. stty erase '^?' ,  then you can properly
generate ^H

Regards,
Geoff