Pasha wrote:
Edward Yang
wrote:
Pasha wrote:
Edward Yang wrote:
Pasha wrote:
5. I am a newbie on Linux, but I already find a few bugs. For example,
in gnome-termial, if I set DEL to ASCII DEL in the profile settings, it
actualy acts like BACKSPACE. This bug may be specific only to gnome,
but since it's bundled with FC3, so I attribute the problem to FC3.
It's quite reasonable.
Never had such problem with any version of linux i tried. Either stop
tweaking options you don't understand or (again) it is an emulator that
needs tweaking. BTW, in my terminal, backspace is configured to
generate ASCII DEL, and del to escape sequence and I never changed
this. So, you probably just configured del to be a backspace.
What do you define the word 'bug' in software world? In my dictionary,
bug at least means one thing - it does not work as it should to work.
Your above comment is like saying - that DEL option is the ears of a
deaf, don't use it!
Where is the bug here? You configure DEL to be BACKSPACE and complain
that it generates BACKSPACE. Change your setting to default and it will
work as you expect it to work. This option is probably for
compatibility with some terminals, where DEL works as backspace. If you
don't want it to act that way, don't configure it so.
Can you read???????????????? I said:
if I set DEL to ASCII DEL
First, there is no need to shout.
Second, please turn off HTML when you post to this list. In Thunderbird
composition window, select Options/Format/Plain Text.
If you look more closely, you can see that ASCII DEL is also generated
by backspace. For me this means, that if I set Del to the same setting
as backspace, it will act the same way as backspace. Also, you may be
surprised, but originally ASCII DEL (and delete key) acted as
backspace. I don't remember where it was changed, probably in MS-DOS.
Anyway, there are a lot of hints telling that you should not touch that
setting at all. In any case this is not a bug.
Okay, I like posting in HTML, which is not forbid by law; it's only the
usual custom to post in plain text, I choose not to follow it. If you
can't read it, please ignore me.
ASCII DEL = ASCII 7 and ASCII BS = 8.
Do you mean 7 == 8?
7 is ASCII BEL not DEL. This character produces a bell sound when
printed. ASCII DEL is 8 and is synonim of ASCII BS.
Concerning HTML: If you search this list you'll find plenty of
explanations on why HTML is bad for posting on mailing lists. You will
also find some other rules. The most important, however is a practical
one: HTML postings are ignored (and in some cases automatically
deleted) by many members of the list, especially by those who can
actually help you. So, your chance to receive help in this (and most
others) mailing list is significantly reduced.
I was wrong when I said ASCII DEL = 7. It's
actually 0x7f (127). May be you are right in that historcially DEL is
same as BS in *nix world. I don't know that. But thanks for replying.
Sorry, I am a stubborn person. I still want to use HTML. If you can
show me that this list REQUIRES its list members use plain text, I will
follow the rule.
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