Edward Yang wrote: > Can you read???????????????? I said: > > if I set DEL to ASCII DEL ASCII dates back to the sixties. The current keyboard layout dates back to the eighties. The convention these days is that "delete" deletes the character to the right of the cursor (or under the cursor, if you have a block cursor). This took a *long* time to sort out: on many older terminals, "delete" did the same thing as modern "backspace". There were also "erase" and "rubout" keys to deal with, as terminal manufacturers attempted to explain what on earth this key does to users with no experience of computers. And the ASCII code name has not been updated. Gnome terminal is correctly set up out-of-the-box for Fedora. The switch is there for people who use the program with other, older pieces of kit. There is still a *lot* of that around. The terminology is confusing. But it is the standard terminology. The phrase "don't do that then" comes to mind. James. -- James Wilkinson | They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man Exeter Devon UK | insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor E-mail address: james | does that bright mauve elephant that just cycled @westexe.demon.co.uk | past. -- Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
