On 11/29/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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". Yes! I hit the "reset to default" button in that panel, and voila! Thank you! -nat
