From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Dickey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: inconsistent bindings of backspace and delete between X and xterm Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:00:57 -0000 Organization: RadixNet Internet Services Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <102akg95mivp4a3@corp.supernews.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076187765 11612 80.91.224.253 (7 Feb 2004 21:02:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:02:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 07 22:02:39 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ApZb5-000103-00 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 22:02:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZb3-0001J8-60 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:02:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZax-00018k-P8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:02:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZaL-0008DJ-Vs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:02:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZaK-0008Bv-FJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:01:52 -0500 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZYN-0001FF-49 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:59:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZZe-0006yj-7i for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:01:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [216.168.1.22] (helo=trinity.supernews.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ApZZd-0006hX-7z for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 16:01:09 -0500 Original-Received: from pa-01.ranger.supernews.net ([216.168.1.34]:34642 helo=pa-01.supernews.net) by trinity.supernews.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1ApZZU-000MBF-2p for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:01:00 +0000 Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by pa-01.supernews.net (8.12.10/8.12.5/Submit) id i17L0xeU049807 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:00:59 GMT (envelope-from nntp-bounce@supernews.net) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.8 (sun4u)) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 13 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6908 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6908 Andreas Schwab wrote: > This is a property of the terminal description. For xterm it contains > `kdch1=\E[3~' (terminfo) or `kD=\E[3~' (termcap), thus `ESC [ 3 ~' is > mapped to . \E[3~ is conventionally used to delete forward. The choice of BS or DEL for deleting backward depends on the user. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net