X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 14:07:55 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: emacs -nw keypad, tpu-edt.el, and C-h Message-ID: <20090530180755.GA15633@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <838wkhsm5e DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org> <4A1E7C50 DOT 8020505 AT cornell DOT edu> <416096c60905280702m6e4cb748ic305be3592d81c70 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <83ws8042o2 DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org> <4A1FD2B7 DOT 90506 AT cornell DOT edu> <416096c60905290538t1989ba8cq4987a0197c2b61cd AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <416096c60905291459y37ac57a2le64d451d8c5e640a AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20090530055318 DOT GA4569 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <416096c60905300033g105ddd7elf96812b0d000f731 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <416096c60905301100y7ae87fdfv3daa35558b8d1a71 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <416096c60905301100y7ae87fdfv3daa35558b8d1a71@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 07:00:46PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote: >> One more thing: with your change, Alt can be used to override ^? and >> get ^H instead. Usually though, Ctrl is used as the modifier for this, >> whereas Alt acts as Meta (i.e. it sends a ^[ prefix). > >Actually, we could take this one step further. In MinTTY, if Backspace >is set to send ^?, Ctrl+Backspace sends ^_ (i.e. 0x1F) rather than ^H. >This allows that key combination to also be distinguished from Ctrl+H, >e.g. as a shortcut for erasing a whole word, like in many GUI >applications. As it sends a single control character, it can be used >to replace ^W in the terminal settings, with 'stty werase ^_'. (I'm >not suggesting that werase should be set to ^_ by default.) Anyone who >actually wants a ^H can still get that with Ctrl+H. > >The Linux console in Opensuse actually does the same thing, and two's >a standard, right? ;) Actually, no. I emulated the linux console on my system. kterminal and xterm also makes no distinction that I can see between CTRL-Backspace and Backspace. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/