Debian Bug report logs - #22016
general: backspace key generates ^H in X

Package: general; Maintainer for general is debian-devel@lists.debian.org;

Reported by: <dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu>

Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 15:33:00 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Toggle useless messages

View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox

Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org:
Bug#22016; Package general. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to <dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to debian-devel@lists.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: general: backspace key generates ^H in X
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 11:24:41 -0400 (EDT)
Package: general
Version: N/A

Environment: X + mwm + xterm + various programs (cat, less for example)

This can be reconstructed by running the cat program in an xterm and
typing the backspace key, which generates ^H, which is not recognized
as a backspace.  For consistency with the Linux console, backspace
should generate ^?, in my opinion.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0 (frozen)
Kernel Version: Linux yomama 2.0.33 #2 Sat Apr 18 13:51:25 EST 1998 i586 unknown

Reply sent to Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (full text, mbox, link).

Notification sent to <dolittle@weniac.math.toronto.edu>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 22016-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>
To: 22016-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: die
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:19:50 -0700
debian's keyboard policy has been in place for a really long time now.
-- 
Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
"Hacking... is a completely creepy thing to do." -- US Department Of Justice

Send a report that this bug log contains spam.

Debian bug tracking system administrator <owner@bugs.debian.org>. Last modified: Wed Apr 24 03:46:58 2024; Machine Name: bembo

Debian Bug tracking system

Debbugs is free software and licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License version 2. The current version can be obtained from https://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/.

Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson, 2005-2017 Don Armstrong, and many other contributors.