Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!man!berick!jeffl From: jeffl@berick.UUCP (Jeff Lawhorn) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: gnumacs bindings Message-ID: <8@berick.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 21:22:41 EDT Article-I.D.: berick.8 Posted: Mon Sep 28 21:22:41 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Sep-87 06:43:57 EDT References: <3590005@hpindda.HP.COM> <8709181153.AA08300@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <636@unmvax.unm.edu> <4755@ncoast.UUCP> Followup-To: comp.emacs Organization: The Gizmos Builders Union, Local 4151 Lines: 54 In-reply-to: allbery@ncoast.UUCP's message of 26 Sep 87 21:25:07 GMT Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.41.4 of Thu Sep 10 1987 on berick (usg-unix-v) In article <4755@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes: +---------- | As quoted from <636@unmvax.unm.edu> by mike@turing.unm.edu.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell): | +--------------- | | Go to your login prompt. GUESS WHAT???? DEL works!!!!!! So does | | ^H!!!!! | | | | THEY BOTH WORK. | +--------------- | | To quote your earlier comment: | | +--------------- | | ACK! NO! NOT TRUE!!!!!!!! | | | | | | BOGUS!!! Do Not Listen To This Garbage!!!!!#Q@#%@#!^@$%!%$ | +--------------- | | What you say works for BSD UNIX. For Xenix, only ^H works. For some System | V's, ^H and # both work. For other System V's and for System III, only # | works. "UNIX" is obviously schizoid about the whole matter... | | With DEC terminals, I use DEL as a backspace under System III/V. On any other | machine, I use BS. On ALL Unixes, with ALL terminals, I use ^C as interrupt. | This is because on the majority of terminals I use, the backspace key is | larger but the DEL key is right beside it, so I usually ended up aborting | a program to which I had mistyped if I was typing fast. | | Then again, # has its place too. I once had to access ncoast off an LA36... | | AND WILL YOU BSD'ERS STOP ACTING AS IF THE WHOLE WORLD RAN 4.xBSD ON A VAX??? | -- | Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc | {{harvard,mit-eddie}!necntc,well!hoptoad,sun!mandrill!hal}!ncoast!allbery | ARPA: necntc!ncoast!allbery@harvard.harvard.edu Fido: 157/502 MCI: BALLBERY | <> | "Mummy, what's an opinion?" +---------- Hasn't anyone heard of 'stty erase "anychar"'? At least on every unix (SysV, BSD4.?, Xenix, Version 7) this will set your erase character to whatever you want it to be. Unless the program you're running mucks with the tty settings (most screen oriented programs) this should change your erase character for whatever programs are running on your tty. No this doesn't work for emacs, but like I said it works for most non-screen oriented programs. -- ======================================================================= | Everything should be made as simple || Jeff Lawhorn | | as possible, but no simpler. || ...!crash!berick!jeffl | =======================================================================