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>Linux <B
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>Backspace</B
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>/<B
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>Delete</B
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>1. Introduction</A
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>Every Linux user has been sooner or later trapped in a situation in
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which having working <B
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>Backspace</B
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> and <B
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>Delete</B
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keys on the console and on X seemed impossible. This paper explains why
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this happens and suggests solutions. The notions given here are essentially
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distribution-independent: due to the widely different content of system
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configuration files in each distribution, I will try to give the reader
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enough knowledge to think up his/her own fixes, if necessary.</P
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>I assume that the <B
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CLASS="KEYCAP"
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>Backspace</B
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> key should go back one
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character and then erase the character under the cursor. On the other hand,
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the <B
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>Delete</B
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> key should delete the character under the
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cursor, without moving it. If you think that the function of the two keys
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should be exchanged, in spite of the fact that most keyboards feature an
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arrow pointing to the <EM
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>left</EM
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> (<B
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>←</B
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>)
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on the <B
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>Backspace</B
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> key, then this paper will not give you
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immediate solutions, but certainly you may find the explanations given here
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useful.</P
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>Another assumption is that the fixes should alter only local (user)
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files. No standard part of the distribution should be altered. Finally,
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this document discusses how to set up your system so that applications get
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the right events. If an application decides to interpret such events in an
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idiosyncratic way, the only possible fix is to reconfigure the
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application.</P
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>Since the first release of this Mini-HOWTO things have become even
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more entangled. Different distributions of the same terminal emulator
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(e.g., <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>gnome-terminal</SPAN
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> as provided by Red Hat
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7.0, Helix Code/Ximian or even Red Hat≥7.1) generate different
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<SPAN
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>ASCII</SPAN
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> sequences. Due to this mismatch, now the terminal
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databases correspond even less to the terminal emulators they are supposed
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to describe. To set a firm ground for the following discussion, we assume
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basically as correct settings the ones proposed in the <A
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/"
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>Debian keyboard
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policy</A
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>.</P
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>Linux <B
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>Backspace</B
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>/<B
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>Delete</B
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