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Re: Using emacs in a terminal window
- From: Fredrik Staxeng <fstx+u at update dot uu dot se>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:09 +0200
- Subject: Re: Using emacs in a terminal window
- References: <4A292BCD.3060901@cornell.edu>
Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> writes:
> - xterm: Invoke xterm with -xrm *backarrowKey:false or put
> 'XTerm*backarrowKey: false' in your .Xdefaults file. Once xterm
> is started, give the command 'stty erase ^?'. (These
> suggestions are only relevant if you invoke emacs with the -nw
> option in an xterm window or if you have not installed
> emacs-X11.)
I have used the following for a long time:
XTerm*vt100.translations: #override <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7f)
XTerm*ttyModes: erase ^? intr ^C
I also have "stty erase ^?" in .bashrc
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Fredrik Stax\"ang | rot13: sfgk@hcqngr.hh.fr
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