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Re: [Mutt] #2952: <BackSpace> should use terminal settings



#2952: <BackSpace> should use terminal settings

Comment (by Vincent Lefevre):

 {{{
 On 2007-09-13 08:53:59 -0500, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
 > And what of keyboards without a key named "backspace"?

 The key can't be used, so that its configuration doesn't matter.
 But in general, one finds a key on the keyboard and use it as
 backspace.

 > My computer (an Apple) only has a "delete" key.

 So, I assume that you use the "delete" key for the erase function.

 > The Sun keyboards I've used only had a second left-arrow key in an
 > unusual location.

 The location doesn't matter. "xev" for instance gives you the names
 of the keys (at the X level). You should make sure that they are the
 same in the terminfo entry.
 }}}

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