From: gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman) Subject: Re: backspace v.s. delete in 0.99pl4 SLS Date: 14 Feb 1993 15:53:02 GMT
>I've noticed ever since I upgraded to SLS 0.99pl4 that the backspace
>key on the console doesn't work right.
>It works ok in bash, but whenever I go into a program like elm or vi
>and hit the backspace key I get the delete character instead.
>I'm ending up having to use control-H to delete characters.
I found the problem to be that a delete character (127) was being sent
where things like vi wanted a backspace (8). Looking in the kernel
source, in kernel/chr_drv/keyboard.c, I noticed that the backspace key
was, indeed, mapped to 127. I changed it back to 8, recompiled the
kernel, and all works fine now. I can only assume that this was changed
somewhere along the way, as I didn't have problems with it before. But,
I've been doing the change since .99pl0 and haven't seen any adverse
effects..
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