Re: del in vi

[Charles Menzes <charles@lunarmedia.net>]

okay, i found this under man xterm:

       backarrowKeyIsErase (class BackarrowKeyIsErase)
               Tie  the  VTxxx  backarrowKey  and ptyInitialErase
               resources together by  setting  the  DECBKM  state
               according  to  whether  the  initial value of stty
               erase is a backspace  or  delete  character.   The
               default is ``false'', which disables this feature.

       backarrowKey (class BackarrowKey)
               Specifies whether the backarrow  key  transmits  a
               backspace  or  delete character.  This corresponds
               to  the  DECBKM  control  sequence.   The  default
               (backspace) is ``true.''  Pressing the control key
               toggles this behavior.

but i am not certain what to do with them :) 
they arent flags to xterm, and i guess they would be used like set stty
stuff under csh? which i am only vaguely familiar with. anyone know the
rest of the puzzle?


On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Jordan Bettis wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Charles Menzes wrote:
> 
> > i am running xterm in enlightenment. for some reason, when i run vi on a
> > file, the backspace key does not perform a regular delete function
> > (deleting the character to the left of the cursor). instead it deletes the
> > character to the right of the cursor.
> > from the command line, the key works as it should. is there a setting
> > within vi that needs to be set for this? or is this something specific to
> > my term settings?
> 
> This is a common problem with Unix, the backspace and delete keys are
> sometimes swapped by the terminal. I don't know how to change xterm to
> use the proper sequence, but in gnome-terminal (what I use), there is a
> box "switch DEL/Backspace keys" option in the settings/preferences menu.
> 
> IIRC, the problem was because System V and BSD used different sequences
> for backspace, the One True Backspace was never authoritivly stated so we
> got the current mess.
> 
> How do you know you're using Unix?
> 
> "Because the backspace key doesn't work" -seen on Slashdot
> 
> Jordan Bettis.
> "Probably the best operating system in the world is the [operating system]
>  made for the PDP-11 by Bell Laboratories." - Ted Nelson, October 1977
> 
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