jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) (10/18/89)
Is it possible to have both the backspace and delete keys be erase? My problem is that on the Sun Console my pinkie goes to the key that generates the ^?, but on the terminal in my office my pinkie goes to the key that generates a ^H. Of course, my .login has a line like "stty erase (`tty` == console) ? ^? : ^H" (I know, you can't use that syntax in a .login, it's an example) but when I start doing rlogins things get confused. The operating system is standard Sun UN*X 4.3. Thanks. jim jharkins@sagpd1 "How many of you have kissed your wife goodbye when leaving your house?" "How many of you have kissed your house goodbye when leaving your wife?"
madd@world.std.com (jim frost) (10/19/89)
In article <496@sagpd1.UUCP> jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) writes: >Is it possible to have both the backspace and delete keys be erase? This depends on what you're running. I can't find a way to do so on the Sun console, but when running X you can use: xmodmap -e BackSpace = Delete which worked for me. If you're running Xenix there is a utility to remap the keyboard any way you like, which also worked for me. Under ISC 386/ix there is an ioctl to remap the keys, but no utility to do so. Remapping can also be done under NeWS and 4Sight, which I've seen done but never tried myself. Aside from that, you might think about telling the keyboard manufacturer that the keyboard needs a real delete key, not this backspace thing :-). On the Sun type 4 keyboard I find the backspace and delete keys so close together (and the backspace where delete used to be) that I just ended up mapping them together and fuming over poor keyboard design. And those extra keys between home-row and return that keyboard designers keep insisting need to be there.... Grr. jim frost software tool & die madd@std.com