Re: misc/50222: Backspace key does not erase, generates '^?' charactor in framebuffer conosole and ttyEx

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR misc/50222; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: misc/50222: Backspace key does not erase, generates '^?' charactor in framebuffer conosole and ttyEx
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 17:12:21 +0000 (UTC)

 oshima-ya%yagoto-urayama.jp@localhost writes:
 
 >Backspace key generates '^?' charactor, instead of erase one charactor.
 
 That's because the backspace key on your keyboard generates a keycode
 that is translated to ^? by wskbd. This is true for the keymap provided
 by pckbd, but the keymap from the ukbd driver maps the key to ^H.
 
 X11 will use the same keysym for either and xterm translates that keysym
 to ^H (or to ^? or to the VERASE value from the tty layer).
 
 
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