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 backspace, and not

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 > has for decades in ever

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 [ ? 67 h, ESC [ ? 67

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. Steps to rep