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

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

On 31 May 2012 at 20:33, Martin Husemann wrote:

> 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.

OK until I try to edit a longer file and the text from
different lines becomes mixed up.

So problem not solved. 


David

> 
> cheers
> 
> 
> David
> 
>