On: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:41:28 -0700 (PDT) Micha Feigin writes:
>
> I'm having trouble configuring the keyboard under x. It used to
> work ok once, i don't know what i changed but the delete and
> backspace keys don't work. The backspace sends ~ signs (or at list
> thats how they apear) and delete sends . they both beep when i
> press them. when i use ^d and ^h it works fine. also the alt key
> won't work as meta.
This is probably a xterm problem. I recently changed my xterm
settings to let Meta and Alt both work as Meta as recognized by the
zsh (i.e., Meta-D deletes the current word):
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
Meta<KeyPress>Shift_L,Meta<KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Meta<KeyPress>Shift_R,Meta<KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Meta Ctrl <KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Meta <KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Alt<KeyPress>Shift_L,Alt<KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Alt<KeyPress>Shift_R,Alt<KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Alt Ctrl <KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
Alt <KeyPress>: string(0x01B) insert() \n\
For delete add the following line:
<KeyPress>Delete:string("\033[3~") \n\
I didn't find a definition for backspace, but:
<KeyPress>BackSpace:string("\010") \n\
should be the right one.
You have to enter these lines in your .Xresources file, which should
be read using xrdb somewhere in your .xinitrc file: The
XTerm*VT100... starts the keyboard definition, the other line are
continuation lines (note the backslash at the lineend).
I wish xterm had these keyboard definition already provided in the
Debian distribution (is there any specific reason that it isn't).
Torsten
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