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On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 07:50:31AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> Knut Feiert wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:49:54 -0700, Pete Gavin wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > >Add this line to your ~/.inputrc file to make the delete key work as |
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> > >expected in bash: |
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> > > |
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> > >"\e[3~": delete-char |
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> > Why is that? Oversight or feature? |
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> A point on my Todo list. Pete do you know which of the console-tools |
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> files is the best place to start patching? |
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> achim~ |
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This isn't anything that needs to be patched. Its actually a |
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feature. Whenever you hit the delete key, it sends the sequence |
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"\e[3~" (\e==^[), which the program can translate as it wishes. (The |
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same sort of thing happens with the insert key, home and end, and page |
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up/down.) The .inputrc file allows you to bind whatever keys to |
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whatever functions you want. The bash developers just decided not to |
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automatically bind delete to any function. If you want to make this |
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automatic, you could add a .inputrc file containing that line to |
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/etc/skel, so that every new user automatically has it in his/her home |
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directory after its been created. Or, you could add this line to |
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/etc/profile: |
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bind '"\e[3~": delete-char' |
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If you want more information on this stuff, do info bash and do a |
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search on inputrc by hitting Ctrl-s. |
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Pete |
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