Subject: Re: An old unix Issue the Delete key how do you fix it
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/06/2007 22:19:01
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Greg Troxel skrev:
> Dieter <netbsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> writes:
>
>> Now... how do we fix programs suffering from this
>> "delete-right" brain damage so that the "Delete" key
>> does the correct "delete-left" function? I'm thinking
>> mainly of web browsers like links -g and mozilla.
>>
>> (On an X terminal talking via Ethernet, presumably no
>> wscons involved.)
>
> F that's really what you want, probably then remap the Delete key to
> Backspace. The key point is that in the old days there was a delete key
> that sent ASCII DEL. Modern PC keyboards simply do not have such a key.
> The Delete key on PC keyboards really ought to be thought of as
> KP_Delete, not Delete.
>
> But if you're on a PC, then in firefox etc. the backspace key will
> delete left, and you can ignore the Delete key, and that's pretty much
> the right thing even though the keys are mislabled.
Well, even though I haven't found any documentation on the resources
firefox uses, there are some, including the resource telling what key do
what. So you can actually beat firefox into behaving like a sensible
program...
If someone else haven't posted that, and people still want to know, I'll
search for my file where I set it up, and post it.
Johnny
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