Strange-Dangerous behaviour in Cygwin
Carlo Florendo
list-subscriber@hq.astra.ph
Mon May 9 03:44:00 GMT 2005
Carlo Florendo wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 03:02:17PM +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The problems described prviously exist in standard bash shell (that is
>>> launched with the link on Desktop) and in the shell launched by xterm
>>> (with startxwin.bat).
>>>
>>> THEY DO NOT exist in dos box (with C\:cygwin\bin in W2KSP4 path) and in
>>> the shell launched with RXVT: in these cases the BACKSPACE key
>>> delete the
>>> previous character and does not move the cursor as the LEFT arrow key.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Again: This means that IT IS an xterm setup issue so YOU SHOULD be
>> using the cygwin-xfree mailing list.
>>
>>
>>
> This does not seem to be an xterm setup issue. I have confirmed that
> running "rm -i <blah>" enables the user to move about the terminal, as
> in a text editor as originally stated. (Emphasized since cygwin-xfree
> is cc'd)
> The same behavior applies to rxvt in stand-alone mode, xterm, and from
> the shell launched by running cygwin.bat directly from a cmd prompt.
>
> Exporting the TERM variable in these shells and terminals to either
> xterm, xterm-color, rxvt, or cygwin, does not eliminate the problem.
> It's not bothersome for me but it certainly is wrong.
> Are there any terminal setttings that have to be modified?
>
Ooops. Sorry, I've read earlier discussions on this issue just a few
seconds ago by Erik Blake et al. So, it's not an xterm issue. It's a
bug with coreutils not being POSIX compliant. A patch has been
applied. We just have to wait for the next annoucement for coreutils.
Thanks!
Best Regards,
Carlo
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Carlo Florendo
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