[PATCH] Use VERASE as console backspace keycode

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Fri Dec 25 17:40:00 GMT 2009


On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:39:02PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:03:45AM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>The attached patch implements the user request at
>>http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00837.html, allowing the
>>backspace keycode to be changed from the default ^? to whatever they
>>like using 'stty erase'.
>>
>>        * fhandler_console.cc (handler_console::read): Use the tty's
>>        VERASE character as the backspace keycode.
>>
>>I hereby declare this patch trivial and public domain.
>
>Thanks.  Committed.
>
>Merry Christmas.

Btw, it's no big deal but, please send patches to the cygwin-patches
mailing list.

cgf



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