Re: Delete key no longer works after update to 6.0_BETA2

["David Lord" <netbsd%lordynet.org@localhost>]

On 31 May 2012 at 15:45, David Lord wrote:

> On 31 May 2012 at 15:48, Martin Husemann wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 03:35:12PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > > Actually if I try (inside rxvt) with TERM=vt220 it does misbehave,
> > > but it works fine if I use xterm.
> > 
> > Looking only a bit closer shows:
> > 
> > # echo $TERM; infocmp | fgrep kdch          
> > xterm
> >       kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM,
> > 
> > so xterm works, but:
> > 
> > # echo $TERM ; infocmp | fgrep kdch
> > vt220
> 
> My NetBSD-5 systems just return "vt220" but the delete key
> works ok.
> 
> > 
> > ... and no key, no works!
> > 
> > However, I do not know if a real vt220 has a Delete key at all. I only have 
> > a
> > vt420, which has one - and so has the terminfo entry.
> > 
> > So, basically the answer is: edit /etc/ttys and change vt220 to wsvt25
> > for your ttyE* devices. Or do the equivalent change to your shell startup
> > files.
> 
> That does not make any difference, the delete key still
> does not work.
 
I tried with vt220 changed to pcvt25 and that seems to 
have my delete key working.


cheers


David