Re: How do I get the backspace key to produce ^H

2018-05-28 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin
On 2018-05-27 14:30:04, Marco Atzeri wrote: >On 5/27/2018 12:14 PM, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote: >>Sorry to ask so many questions. >> >>In linux, this is easily done with loadkeys (though I have actually >>patched the keymaps before compiling kbd and the X terminal >>programs that I use), but

Re: How do I get the backspace key to produce ^H

2018-05-27 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 5/27/2018 12:14 PM, Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin wrote: Sorry to ask so many questions. In linux, this is easily done with loadkeys (though I have actually patched the keymaps before compiling kbd and the X terminal programs that I use), but I have no idea where those are set it cygwin. Thanks

How do I get the backspace key to produce ^H

2018-05-27 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch via cygwin
Sorry to ask so many questions. In linux, this is easily done with loadkeys (though I have actually patched the keymaps before compiling kbd and the X terminal programs that I use), but I have no idea where those are set it cygwin. Thanks. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.htm

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-20 Thread Ken Brown
t; On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: >>>>>> Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, >>>>>> backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. >>>>>> However, after running texconfig and re

Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-20 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. However, after running texconfig and returning to the shell, both the backspace key and Ctrl+H appear to just print "^H" to the terminal. It loo

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-20 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/18/2016 4:14 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-03-18 06:34, Ken Brown wrote: The best long-term solution is to get rid of the need for texconfig by making tlmgr work on Cygwin[*]. No thanks. Don't we have all of TeX Live packaged already? Wouldn't using this conflict with the packages

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Ken Brown
on in MinTTY, backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. However, after running texconfig and returning to the shell, both the backspace key and Ctrl+H appear to just print "^H" to the terminal. It looks like this is genuinely the terminal trying to render a back

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/18/2016 4:34 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-03-18 15:27, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/18/2016 4:14 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-03-18 06:34, Ken Brown wrote: The best long-term solution is to get rid of the need for texconfig by making tlmgr work on Cygwin[*]. No thanks. Don't we

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2016-03-18 15:27, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/18/2016 4:14 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: On 2016-03-18 06:34, Ken Brown wrote: The best long-term solution is to get rid of the need for texconfig by making tlmgr work on Cygwin[*]. No thanks. Don't we have all of TeX Live packaged already? Wouldn'

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. However, after running texconfig and returning to the shell, both the backspace key and Ctrl+H appear to just

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:45AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: > On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > >Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, > >backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. > >However, after running

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/16/2016 10:00 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:45AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the previous character, as expected. Ho

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 16.03.2016 um 16:07 schrieb Ken Brown: On 3/16/2016 10:00 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:45AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, backspace and Ctrl+H both delet

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-19 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:34:45AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote: > >>>>> On 3/16/2016 7:45 AM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > >>>>>> Here's an interesting bug: normally in a Bash session in MinTTY, > >>>>>> backspace and Ctrl+H both delete the p

Re: Running texconfig breaks backspace in Bash/MinTTY

2016-03-18 Thread Yaakov Selkowitz
On 2016-03-18 06:34, Ken Brown wrote: The best long-term solution is to get rid of the need for texconfig by making tlmgr work on Cygwin[*]. No thanks. Don't we have all of TeX Live packaged already? Wouldn't using this conflict with the packages we already have? -- Yaakov -- Problem repo

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-10 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2015-04-10, René Berber wrote: > On 4/10/2015 2:21 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On 2015-04-09, René Berber wrote: > > >> Why vim on Cygwin doesn't install, or use if you add one, /etc/vimrc? > > > > Executing > > $ vim --version > > shows > >system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" > >

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-10 Thread René Berber
On 4/10/2015 2:21 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2015-04-09, René Berber wrote: >> Why vim on Cygwin doesn't install, or use if you add one, /etc/vimrc? > > Executing > $ vim --version > shows >system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc" > user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" > 2nd user vi

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
e or /etc/vimrc on Linux. I have a.vimrc, yes. > > The real question: > > Why vim on Cygwin doesn't install, or use if you add one, /etc/vimrc? > > On Linux I have one with the following contents (which fixes the > thread problem): > > " Begin /etc/vimrc >

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-09 Thread René Berber
inux I have one with the following contents (which fixes the thread problem): " Begin /etc/vimrc set nocompatible set backspace=2 syntax on set background=dark if (&term == "iterm") || (&term == "putty") set background=dark endif " End /etc/vimrc Th

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-09 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 9 09:54, Weston Turner wrote: > I corroborate the original poster's experience with this issue. > > Steps to reproduce the issue: for example open a file with vim under > Cygwin, press: up, up, down, down, left, left, right, right. Vim under > Cygwin places: > > C > C > D > D > B > B > A

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-09 Thread David Macek
On 9. 4. 2015 18:54, Weston Turner wrote: > I corroborate the original poster's experience with this issue. > > Steps to reproduce the issue: for example open a file with vim under > Cygwin, press: up, up, down, down, left, left, right, right. Vim under > Cygwin places: > > C > C > D > D > B > B

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-09 Thread Weston Turner
Hi, >>I am using a thinkpad laptop preinstalled win8 system, later >> upgraded to win8.1. I installed the latest version of cygwin, found >> when using vim editor can not backspace to delete characters, press >> the arrow keys appear 'A', 'B' and other

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-08 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 09:42:55PM +0800, George jiang wrote: > Hi, >I am using a thinkpad laptop preinstalled win8 system, later > upgraded to win8.1. I installed the latest version of cygwin, found > when using vim editor can not backspace to delete characters, press > the ar

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-08 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 08:38:11PM +0100, JAS gmail wrote: > i have a very similar problem. any help on this? many thanks...vim and vi > same effects. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 8 Apr 2015, at 14:42, George jiang <> wrote: Please don't post raw email addresses in replies, and please make

Re: 1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-08 Thread JAS gmail
rsion of cygwin, found > when using vim editor can not backspace to delete characters, press > the arrow keys appear 'A', 'B' and other characters. I follow the > online presentation solutions, copied from a vimrc_example.vim ubentu > system files to / home / xx fold

1.7.35: possible backspace key and arrow keys bug

2015-04-08 Thread George jiang
Hi, I am using a thinkpad laptop preinstalled win8 system, later upgraded to win8.1. I installed the latest version of cygwin, found when using vim editor can not backspace to delete characters, press the arrow keys appear 'A', 'B' and other characters. I follow the

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
That makes much more sense. Thanks! On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Andrey Repin! > >> Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > >>> Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm >>> using a weird telnet server described here: >>> http://www.chiark.g

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrey Repin! > Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! >> Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm >> using a weird telnet server described here: >> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html > That's what mintty is. A PuTT

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
Oh, ok. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm > using a weird telnet server described here: > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html That's what mintty is. A PuTTY-based telnet (pty) client for C

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm using a weird telnet server described here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! >>> I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: >> >>> First, launch cat or grep or similar. >>> Type a line with some tabs in it. >>> Try to backspace them away. >> >>> The t

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
2014 at 11:14 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > >> I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: > >> First, launch cat or grep or similar. >> Type a line with some tabs in it. >> Try to backspace them away. >

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: > First, launch cat or grep or similar. > Type a line with some tabs in it. > Try to backspace them away. > The tabs are erased one space at time, leading to ... You know

Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-06 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
I'm new to this list, this is my first message; I subscribed less than an hour ago. Please be gentle if I break etiquette. I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: First, launch cat or grep or similar. Type a line with some tabs in it. Try to backspace

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-29 Thread Андрей Забавников
Thanks a lot ! For a perfectionist like me this means so much ! Thanks ! 2013/1/29 Ken Brown : > On 1/28/2013 7:40 AM, Ken Brown wrote: >> >> On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: >>> >>> In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visibl

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-29 Thread Ken Brown
On 1/28/2013 7:40 AM, Ken Brown wrote: On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visible (_ is space). Hitting enter tells no such command `a`, so the deletion has effect but the the terminal is not updated correctly. Likewise for

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-28 Thread Андрей Забавников
2013/1/28 Ken Brown : >>>> On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: >>>>> >>>>> In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visible (_ >>>>> is space). Hitting enter tells no such command `a`, so the deletion >>>

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-28 Thread Андрей Забавников
в : >> 2013/1/28 Ken Brown : >>> On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: >>>> >>>> In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visible (_ >>>> is space). Hitting enter tells no such command `a`, so the deletion >>>&g

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-28 Thread Андрей Забавников
kills that feature, right ? (And here i'm really asking, because it's been a while since i was working in Emacs last time). 2013/1/28 Андрей Забавников : > 2013/1/28 Ken Brown : >> On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: >>> >>> In `M-x term`, I type

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-28 Thread Андрей Забавников
2013/1/28 Ken Brown : > On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: >> >> In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visible (_ >> is space). Hitting enter tells no such command `a`, so the deletion >> has effect but the the terminal is not upda

Re: Backspace in Emacs 24 has effect but does not update display in term and ansi-term

2013-01-28 Thread Ken Brown
On 1/27/2013 3:49 PM, Андрей Забавников wrote: In `M-x term`, I type `ab`, press backspace, then `ab_` is visible (_ is space). Hitting enter tells no such command `a`, so the deletion has effect but the the terminal is not updated correctly. Likewise for `home` and `end` buttons. I can

RE: Backspace in shell doesn't backspace after Cygwin update

2013-01-04 Thread KARR, DAVID
> -Original Message- > Behalf Of KARR, DAVID > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:03 PM > Subject: Backspace in shell doesn't backspace after Cygwin update > > My hard drive on my Win7 laptop crashed last week, and I'm now trying to > get everything I had re

Backspace in shell doesn't backspace after Cygwin update

2013-01-03 Thread KARR, DAVID
"C:\Cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -display :0 -fn "Lucida Console-14" -tn rxvt-cygwin-native -e /bin/bash --login" from a shortcut for a shell outside of Emacs. When I do this now, it looks ok, but I'm now finding that the Backspace key just moves the cursor forward one character,

Re: Backspace

2012-06-21 Thread Earnie Boyd
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 6/21/2012 9:09 AM, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> >> At this point I'd revert to defaults until I saw a problem worse than >> those caused by the non-default setting. > > I think this is the way to go... >> >> If you're only interacting with cygwi

Re: Backspace

2012-06-21 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 6/21/2012 9:09 AM, Ryan Johnson wrote: At this point I'd revert to defaults until I saw a problem worse than those caused by the non-default setting. I think this is the way to go... If you're only interacting with cygwin and linux at this point, you should be safe. Solaris and the other Uni

Re: Backspace

2012-06-21 Thread Ryan Johnson
be generated by the backspace key, and stty erase is by default set to ^? as well, usually. Why don't you just use the default? Because some time in the past I had problem with backspace not working and setting erase to ^h fixed it. I've had this setting for years - perhaps decad

Re: Backspace

2012-06-21 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 06/21/2012 02:07 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: I'm not quite sure what you're trying to accomplish by enforcing ^H. The Cygwin console as well as mintty, the Linux console or any X terminal emulation I'm aware of default to ^? to be generated by the backspace key, and stty eras

Re: Backspace

2012-06-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Jun 20 22:26, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > On 06/20/2012 07:05 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > >>Stated differently, I want the backspace key to move backwards > >>one space and to erase the previous character, like, for > >>example, the less man page says it's

Re: Backspace

2012-06-20 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 06/20/2012 07:05 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Stated differently, I want the backspace key to move backwards one space and to erase the previous character, like, for example, the less man page says it's supposed to. Now methinks you're just being obtuse. I'm not trying

Re: Backspace

2012-06-20 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 6/20/2012 8:06 PM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: On 6/20/2012 11:05 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: I see the same thing if I set stty erase (in bash) as you did and start a new shell (bash again) from it. Of course, the parent shell outputs ^? for any press of backspace. This behavior is the same

Re: Backspace

2012-06-20 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 6/20/2012 11:05 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: I see the same thing if I set stty erase (in bash) as you did and start a new shell (bash again) from it. Of course, the parent shell outputs ^? for any press of backspace. This behavior is the same for bash started from a command prompt and

Re: Backspace

2012-06-20 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 6/20/2012 11:35 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Have you ever had the backspace key not go backward on character erasing the previous character in Windows programs? Neither have I. This has been bothering me for a while so... I have properly set stty erase ^h and from the bash command line

Backspace

2012-06-20 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Have you ever had the backspace key not go backward on character erasing the previous character in Windows programs? Neither have I. This has been bothering me for a while so... I have properly set stty erase ^h and from the bash command line backspace works as expected. But I often find

cygwin terminal acting strange, backspace not working

2012-06-19 Thread hutauf
h line and it should be green, but it's just white on black.. like the windows command-window. 2) backspace is working, but the graphics is not acting correctly. So when I type "helllo", then remove the "lo" because there is an L to much, then type "o" again, it w

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-09-26 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 9/26/2010 9:30 AM, MikeS wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 nationwide.com wrote: I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... Andy Koppe g

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-09-26 Thread MikeS
Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: > > On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 nationwide.com wrote: > > I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I > > don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... > > > > Andy

Re: Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly...

2010-08-13 Thread Andy Koppe
On 13 August 2010 10:20, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:12:29 +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: > >> From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement: >> >> - Support DEC Backarrow Key Mode escape sequences >> (ESC [ ? 67 h, ESC [ ? 67 l) in Windows console. >> >> (The first one switches to ^H. Y

Re: Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly...

2010-08-13 Thread Nuzhna Pomoshch
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:03:19 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Did you work in xterm or the Linux console lately? > Try pressing Ctrl-V Backspace in both of them. > You'll see ^?, not ^H. I see ^H (because I have set it up so that when I press the backspace key, I actually get a

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, risin...@nationwide.com wrote: I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... Andy Koppe wrote: From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement: - Support DEC Backarrow Key

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread RISINGP1
I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try... Andy Koppe wrote: >From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement: - Support DEC Backarrow Key Mode escape sequences (ESC [ ? 67 h, ESC [ ? 67 l) in

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 05:49:53PM +0400, Andrei Dmitriev wrote: >Dave Korn wrote: >>On 27/05/2010 11:48, Andrei Dmitriev wrote: >>>after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize >>>*BACKSPACE* and continue to follow to the righ

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Andrei Dmitriev
Eliot Moss wrote: On 5/27/2010 6:48 AM, Andrei Dmitriev wrote: ** Hello, after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize *BACKSPACE* and continue to follow to the right each time I press BACKSPACE. Although, seem it actually erases the chars from the

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Andrei Dmitriev
Dave Korn wrote: On 27/05/2010 11:48, Andrei Dmitriev wrote: ** Hello, after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize *BACKSPACE* and continue to follow to the right each time I press BACKSPACE. Although, seem it actually erases the chars from the

Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Dave Korn
On 27/05/2010 11:48, Andrei Dmitriev wrote: > ** Hello, > > after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize > *BACKSPACE* and continue to follow to the right each time I > press BACKSPACE. > Although, seem it actually erases the chars fr

cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

2010-05-27 Thread Andrei Dmitriev
** Hello, after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize *BACKSPACE* and continue to follow to the right each time I press BACKSPACE. Although, seem it actually erases the chars from the left (ENTER says nothing - so I concluded the command is

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-11 Thread Matthias Meyer
Andy Koppe wrote: > Matthias Meyer wrote: >> cygwin 1.7.5 need, at least, the /usr/share/terminfo/63/cygwin file. >> >> cygwin 1.7.2, used by the actual copssh distribution, didn't need this >> file. > > Third-party Cygwin distributions like copssh aren't supported here. > > /usr/share/terminfo

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-10 Thread Andy Koppe
Matthias Meyer wrote: > cygwin 1.7.5 need, at least, the /usr/share/terminfo/63/cygwin file. > > cygwin 1.7.2, used by the actual copssh distribution, didn't need this file. Third-party Cygwin distributions like copssh aren't supported here. /usr/share/terminfo isn't used by the Cygwin DLL, so th

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-10 Thread Matthias Meyer
Hello, The solution should not be far away ;-) cygwin 1.7.5 need, at least, the /usr/share/terminfo/63/cygwin file. cygwin 1.7.2, used by the actual copssh distribution, didn't need this file. Somebody knows: 1) what is the job of the other directories (41..78) below /usr/share/terminfo ? 2) has

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-10 Thread Matthias Meyer
Andy Koppe wrote: > Matthias Meyer: >>> I'm stumped. I think 'cygcheck -svr' output is needed to >>> get any further. Please attach, not include it, and make sure you >>> delete any sensitive info from it first. >> >> see attachment :-) > > You've got Cygwin installed under 'C:/Program Files', wh

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-06 Thread Andy Koppe
Matthias Meyer: >> I'm stumped. I think 'cygcheck -svr' output is needed to >> get any further. Please attach, not include it, and make sure you >> delete any sensitive info from it first. > > see attachment :-) You've got Cygwin installed under 'C:/Program Files', which I suspect is likely to cau

Re: V1.7 can not use cursor or backspace within a shell

2010-05-05 Thread Matthias Meyer
Andy Koppe wrote: > Matthias Meyer: >> Andy Koppe wrote: >>> Matthias Meyer wrote: >>>> I've installed cygwin 1.7 in Vista and have two problems, not known >>>> prior with cygwin 1.5.25: >>>> >>>> 1) If I login in a shell (e.

Re: backspace does not work correctly on cygwin command prompt, its adding space in front of the character.

2010-04-30 Thread Dave Korn
On 30/04/2010 08:14, Sameer khan wrote: > Hi, > > I installed cygwin 1.7.5-1. on my windows-xp desktop. > On cygwin command prompt, backspace is not working. > I tried following , but none of these worked > stty erase ^H > stty erase ^h > stty erase ^? > > backsp

Re: Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly when using "set -o vi" in pdksh in the console window

2010-04-20 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Apr 19 18:52, risin...@nationwide.com wrote: > 2) Once the console window is open, enter the command "stty erase ^?" > (this is the incorrect character value (0x7f) that the backspace key is > now sending in the console window - it should be sending ^H (0x08) like it &

Re: Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly when using "set -o vi" in pdksh in the console window

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Koppe
RISINGP1: > The ability to modify the character value generated by the Backspace key > is a logical solution rather than forcing people to accept a change to the > 0x7f value. >From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement: - Support DEC Backarrow Key Mode escape sequences (ESC [

Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly when using "set -o vi" in pdksh in the console window

2010-04-19 Thread RISINGP1
When using the "set -o vi" mode in pdksh, the backspace key is no longer a movement key - it does not make the cursor move to the left over the existing characters leaving them unchanged when the command line edit mode is entered using the ESC key. The cursor does not move at all.

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-12 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
hing wrong here. Setting the VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace keycode that caused the problem. @ Larry: Sorry, still not used to responding to the digests. I PEBCAKd the Spam info. Where

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-12 Thread Al G.
't doing anything wrong here. Setting the >VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is >perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace >keycode that caused the problem. @ Larry: Sorry, still not used to responding to the digests. I PEB

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-11 Thread Andy Koppe
hing wrong here. Setting the VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace keycode that caused the problem. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-11 Thread Andy Koppe
Corinna Vinschen: > I think I see what you mean now.  The c_cc[VERASE] value is the one > which is expected for the VERASE functionality (unless it's set to > 0 == _POSIX_VDISABLE), but it has nothing to do with the actual setting > of the backspace key in the terminal.  So, actua

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-11 Thread Andrew Schulman
> So, what we really need to implement is what you proposed. It sounds as though no change is required in screen for this. I trust someone will let me know if it turns out otherwise. screen is an ancient program from the dim mists of early terminal days, so I'm not surprised that it has some pro

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
> > > handling that". > > > > You're right. Zero is the value of the _POSIX_VDISABLE constant for > > disabling special characters. Therefore, using c_cc[VERASE] as the > > backspace keycode was a bad idea all along. Sorry for suggesting it in > > the

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-11 Thread Corinna Vinschen
> > it does that to mean "there is really no erase character since I'm > > handling that". > > You're right. Zero is the value of the _POSIX_VDISABLE constant for > disabling special characters. Therefore, using c_cc[VERASE] as the > backspace

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
mean that >the user's backspace keycode setting is ignored. Also, 'screen' would >be expecting what was set in c_cc[VERASE] as the backspace keycode. Uh, no. I made it send \177 when c_cc[VERASE] is 0. Screen is just forwarding characters along so it doesn't care. c

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Andy Koppe
r since I'm > handling that". You're right. Zero is the value of the _POSIX_VDISABLE constant for disabling special characters. Therefore, using c_cc[VERASE] as the backspace keycode was a bad idea all along. Sorry for suggesting it in the first place. > That should not cause Cy

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
>>>console without 'tty' in the CYGWIN settings: the backspace key sends >>>^@ instead of what's set in the console's stty settings. Yes, I assume >>>it's a Cygwin bug. >> >>Since setting CYGWIN=tty is pretty much equivalent to runnin

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:16:26PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 05:00:30PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >>The issue only affects the specific case of 'screen' running in the >>console without 'tty' in the CYGWIN settings: the backspace k

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 05:00:30PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >Christopher Faylor: >>>Workarounds: Add 'set CYGWIN=tty' to Cygwin.bat (or wherever you're >>>starting your session from), or use one of the other terminals. >>If setting CYGWIN=tty affects

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Andy Koppe
Christopher Faylor: >>Workarounds: Add 'set CYGWIN=tty' to Cygwin.bat (or wherever you're >>starting your session from), or use one of the other terminals. > > If setting CYGWIN=tty affects the setting of the backspace key for ptys > then that's a bug in Cy

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:31:36AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >Workarounds: Add 'set CYGWIN=tty' to Cygwin.bat (or wherever you're >starting your session from), or use one of the other terminals. If setting CYGWIN=tty affects the setting of the backspace key for ptys then t

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-10 Thread Andy Koppe
Al G.: > using GNU screen (4.00.03) and trying to backspace by > hitting the backspace key results in nothing happening. The cursor > doesn't move, the character isn't erased and the command remains the > same (if you hit Enter whatever your typo was gets the usual error)

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-09 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/9/2010 12:30 PM, Al G. wrote: From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" ^^^ <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. No need to feed the spammers. To: snipped ^^^ Here too. Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:41:25 -0400 Subject: Re: 1.7.

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-09 Thread Al G.
> From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" > To: cyg...@cygwin.com > Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:41:25 -0400 > Subject: Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen. > On 4/8/2010 4:07 PM, Al G. wrote: >> >> This started happening around March 23, no problems with sc

Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-08 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 4/8/2010 4:07 PM, Al G. wrote: This started happening around March 23, no problems with screen before then. Since then using GNU screen (4.00.03) and trying to backspace by hitting the backspace key results in nothing happening. The cursor doesn't move, the character isn't eras

1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

2010-04-08 Thread Al G.
This started happening around March 23, no problems with screen before then. Since then using GNU screen (4.00.03) and trying to backspace by hitting the backspace key results in nothing happening. The cursor doesn't move, the character isn't erased and the command remains the same (

Re: need workaround for backspace change in 1.7

2009-12-26 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/25 Andy Koppe: > 2009/12/25 Ric Anderson: >> For a  variety of reasons, I need a way to switch the character sent by the >> Console Window Backspace key from ASCII \177 to ASCII \008 (that is, make >> the backspace key send the ASCII backspace character like it d

Re: need workaround for backspace change in 1.7

2009-12-24 Thread Andy Koppe
2009/12/25 Ric Anderson: > For a  variety of reasons, I need a way to switch the character sent by the > Console Window Backspace key from ASCII \177 to ASCII \008 (that is, make > the backspace key send the ASCII backspace character like it did in older > cygwin versions). Can'

need workaround for backspace change in 1.7

2009-12-24 Thread Ric Anderson
For a variety of reasons, I need a way to switch the character sent by the Console Window Backspace key from ASCII \177 to ASCII \008 (that is, make the backspace key send the ASCII backspace character like it did in older cygwin versions). I thought of using dumpkeys/loadkeys, but I can&#

Re: Trouble differentiating Backspace from Control-Backspace in rxvt-20050409-9

2008-12-04 Thread Jonathon Merz
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathon Merz wrote: > >> I recently upgraded from rxvt-20050409-7 to rxvt-20050409-9 and have >> stopped getting different output for Backspace and Control-Backspace. >> In rxvt-20050409-7,

Re: Trouble differentiating Backspace from Control-Backspace in rxvt-20050409-9

2008-12-04 Thread Brian Dessent
Jonathon Merz wrote: > I recently upgraded from rxvt-20050409-7 to rxvt-20050409-9 and have > stopped getting different output for Backspace and Control-Backspace. > In rxvt-20050409-7, I get ^? for Backspace and ^H for > Control-Backspace. In rxvt-20050409-9, I get ^H for both. >

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