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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mintty-0.5.1-1
Andy Koppe <andy.koppe <at> gmail.com> writes:
> CHANGES
> =======
>
> Keyboard:
> - The default backspace keycode now is ^? rather than ^H, to make
> Ctrl+H available as a shortcut for other purposes, particularly as the
> help key in emacs. The backspace keycode option is gone. Instead, the
> DECBKM control sequence for changing the backspace keycode is now
> supported.
Unfortunately, cygwin's terminfo/termcap entries for XTERM say that the
backspace key returns ^H. This can be seen by looking in /etc/termcap for
xterm, and finding the 'kb' property for that entry, or by running 'infocmp
xterm' and looking for the 'kbs' property.
So, by default, mintty now does not match the terminfo/termcap entries. Is
there any way to fix this? I hesitate to suggest changing the
terminfo/termcap entries, since they should match the real xterm. But
actually I don't run X11, so I don't know if the current terminfo/termcap
really match xterm - the date on /etc/termcap at least is fairly old.
--
Eric
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