[Gllug] x.org 6.8.2 and backspace

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:37:40PM +0100, Nix wrote:
> What key does xev say is generated when you hit backspace? If it's not
> BackSpace, the problem is Xkb (unlikely, but I've seen it happen):
> otherwise, it's readline and/or the terminal emulator to blame.

It says:

KeyPress event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
    root 0x40, subw 0x1e00002, time 347705745, (52,50), root:(352,130),
    state 0x0, keycode 22 (keysym 0xff08, BackSpace), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (08) "
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (08) "
    XFilterEvent returns: False

and indeed now doing:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 = BackSpace'

does fix the problem (I didn't realise one had to restart xterms for
the change to take effect - duh).

Rich.

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