At 2:50 PM -0500 11/29/05, Nat Gross wrote: >On 11/29/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >... >> In bash readline, Page Up and Page Down move to the beginning and end of >> command history. The end is blank, unless you are part way through typing >> a command. >That's a neat way of getting back to current input. > >> >About delete and backspace (mentioned in a later post) .... Yeah, >> >this can be a can of worms. You *might* find something useful in >> >the "keyboard how-to" (Google for Linux and "keyboard how-to"). >> >> Umm, if I understand the question, Backspace and Delete work right for me. >For me, they both do the same thing, delete the left char. >I want del to delete the char underneath the cursor. >(Note: this problem in gnome terminal only.) Check the Current Profile settings in gnome-terminal; on mine, the Compatibility tab has "Backspace key generates: ASCII DEL" and "Delete key generates: Escape sequence". ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
