Chris Jones writes:

> >Number:         6089
> >Category:       kern
> >Synopsis:       WSCONS backspace, delete, and ctrl-H issues
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       non-critical
> >Priority:       medium
> >Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
> >State:          open
> >Class:          change-request
> >Submitter-Id:   net
> >Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep  2 13:35:00 1998
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Chris Jones
> >Organization:
> Center for Computational Biology, Montana State University
> >Release:        Aug 13, 1998
> >Environment:
> 	
> System: NetBSD hideo 1.3G NetBSD 1.3G (HIDEO) #7: Thu Aug 13 10:46:35 MDT 1998 root@hideo:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HIDEO i386
> 
> 
> >Description:
> I know this is a whole nasty can o' worms I'm opening up here, but...
> 
> Under pcvt, I was very happy with backspace, delete, and ctrl-H
> mapping.  If I hit the backspace key, it would send a delete.  If I
> hit the delete key, it would send a delete.  If I hit ctrl-H, it would
> send backspace.
> 
> Under wscons, backspace actually sends backspace, and delete still
> sends delete.  Ctrl-H, of course, sends backspace.

Whilst this can is open.... :)

The only rational thing ( :) ) to do here is to have "Backspace" send
delete [DEL], ctrl-H send backspace, and the delete key send the
appropriate escape sequence for the terminal, probably ^[[3~.

You don't want to waste any of these keystrokes...

Dave