Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tty canonical mode: nicer erase behaviour | Date | Sun, 23 Sep 2001 22:48:22 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> termios(3) gets its erase character from user setting via stty(1) or > tset(1), neither of which know what character will be generated by the > terminal's main backspace key. The current situation is that the user
Which is correct, because mindreading equipment is currently classified CIA property at best (hello echelon!)
> The Linux tty canonical mode is a problem app. Let's fix it.
The Debian people have. There is an official Debian policy which other vendors adopted on the matter
> we look at glass ttys, we have the Linux console (with standard setup) > generating ^? for backspace, and xterm generating ^H for backspace.
Your xterm is not following Linux policy - this is a solved problem in Linuxspace. Debian bit the bullet a few years ago and did the neccessary deed to make all their terminal emulators and console match.
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