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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

Steven, since at least 3 of us have complained about the backspace problem 
(which implies 10 times as many are just putting up with it), would it 
make sent to put Anthony's lines (the ones before 'exec') in the .xinitrc 
set up for us by BL2-X (next version, anyway) and post something in the 
FAQ until then?

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Anthony J. Albert wrote:

> On 3 Jan 2004 at 6:59, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> >Anthony J. Albert wrote:
> >>
> >> After spending some time this weekend researching and 
> >> testing, I would like to publish my way of getting the 
> >> Delete and Backspace keys to work as expected, 
> >
> >Thanks for sharing this with us.
> >
> >> Here's my .xinitrc with the commands:
> >> ==============================
> >> #Set the Del and BackSpace keys to work right
> >> xmodmap -e "keycode 22  = BackSpace osfBackSpace"
> >> xmodmap -e "keycode 107 = Delete"
> >> 
> >> # Start the window manager
> >> exec icewm
> >> 
> >> stty sane
> >> stty erase ^H
> >> #loadmap -e "keycode 14  = BackSpace"
> >> #loadmap -e "keycode 111 = Delete"
> >> ==============================
> >
> >I could be wrong, but I believe "exec icewm" terminates the
> >script.  Nothing after that is processed.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Steven
> 
> After some testing, I have determined that you are correct, Steven.  
> The lines after the "exec" do not get executed, though I would have 
> expected them to.
> 
> I used some lines taken from other sources, and since the console 
> seemed to work okay after exiting X, I would expect that those lines 
> after the "exec" could be safely removed.
> 
> Anthony Albert
> ===========================================================
> Anthony J. Albert                     albert AT umpi.maine.edu
> Systems and Software Support Specialist          Postmaster
> Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
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>                       --- Red Green
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