[Info-vax] macOS Terminal app. Numeric keypad fails for EDT.

Craig A. Berry craigberry at nospam.mac.com
Wed Sep 21 11:24:25 EDT 2022


On 9/21/22 9:42 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 9/21/22 09:30, Craig A. Berry wrote:
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>> I just tried it with XQuartz 2.8.2.  VMS recognizes it as VT400_Series
>> with "VMS Style Input," but backspace is mapped to control-H, not
>> backspace 
> 
> Ummm...  BACKSPACE is control-H.  At least as defined by ASCII.
> The BACKSPACE key in most of the terminals I have used sends DELETE
> but also most terminal programs I have used have the built in option
> to map it either way.

Yes, it is a setting in the terminal or emulator, usually the default
setting, but not on xterm, which purportedly needs no configuration.  I
maintain that it does need configuration.





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