The default config specifies BackSpace as "\177". The default behavior
should persist across modifier keys, commonly Mod1 (Alt or Meta) which
is widely used to delete a word on readline and text editors, notably
Emacs.
This will make Alt+BackSpace behaves as expected, i.e. sends "\033\177"
instead
On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 08:52:14PM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote:
> Content aside, the convention on this list is to use `git format-patch`,
> or at least `git diff` or `git show`.
>
> Let's please stick to a standard patch format. It's not as if people on
> this list are too dumb to `patch -Np1 < someP
On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 10:27:04AM +0700, alive4ever wrote:
> Should I add "\033\177" or there is another workaround?
Looks like I finally found the answer myself.
I hope this patch will be included as default reference config.def.h in
future releases, so that users will get consistent BackSpace
> Mod1Mask typically represents Alt, so try adding this to config.h:
>
> { XK_BackSpace, Mod1Mask, "\177", 0, 0, 0},
>
> Eric
> Received on Tue Jul 05 2016 - 04:28:28 CEST
>
I've added the line into my config.h and now there is no difference
between pressing BackSpace and Alt+Backspace. I don't
I am getting inconsistent backspace behavior when using st with the
config.h below (default package on Archlinux). The output of 'showkey
--ascii' when I press backspace and alt+backspace is below
^? 127 0177 0x7f
^[^H 27 0033 0x1b
8 0010 0x08
This behavior makes it hard to del
