Subject: Re: Backspace is not backspace
From: Mark Valery (mvalery@mediaone.net)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 11:24:32 CST
Thanks
xmodmap -e "keycode 59 = BackSpace" worked and I've added part of that command
to my .Xmodmap file.
Mark Valery
Brian Sammon wrote:
> > >I can't seem to get the backspace key to do a backwards delete. It will
> > only do
> > >a forward delete.
> > >This happens whether I start abiword from an xterm, where backspace is
> > >abackspace, or from the gnome menu bar.
>
> One possible way to fix this would be to feed the following line to xmodmap:
> keycode 22 = BackSpace
> To test this you could use xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
> If that works, you probably would want to add it to the appropriate .Xmodmap
> file.
>
> Another think to try feeding to xmodmap would be
> keysym Delete = BackSpace
>
> Also, if this causes problems with xterm, the following lines in a .Xdefaults
> or .Xresources file should help:
> xterm*VT100.Translations: #override\n\
> <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)
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