Re: gnome-terminal delete/backspace mess
- From: jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)
- To: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
- Cc: Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com>, jacob berkman <jacob ximian com>, gnome-hackers gnome org, jirka 5z com
- Subject: Re: gnome-terminal delete/backspace mess
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:56:59 -0700 (PDT)
Linus complicated this mess, by violating X's keysym model: keysyms
are supposed to be the symbols printed on the key, and he caused the
backspace key to be mapped to delete in the Linux kernel.
Would that he had just set the Linux default tty parameters to make erase the backspace key.
Sigh....
- Jim
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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg pa dec com
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