I have the following gnome terminal profile settings:
Backspace = ASCII DEL
Delete Key = Escape Sequence
If the logged in session in the terminal window is my own user id
then the delete key does nothing. If however, I su -l in the same
terminal window then the delete key removes the character under the
cursor and left shifts the rest of the line.
I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same fashion
for my usual user id up until quite recently. Does anyone know of
why or how this behaviour could differ between two separate users in
the same terminal window?
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On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:49:43 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:> I have the following gnome terminal profile settings: > > Backspace = ASCII DEL > Delete Key = Escape Sequence[....]> I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same fashion for > my usual user id up until quite recently. Does anyone know of why or > how this behaviour could differ between two separate users in the same > terminal window?I have my gnome-terminal (under Fedora, not CentOS) set to Control-H and Escape Sequence; that works fine for all users here, and does what I'm guessing you want. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
Hi, On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:49, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote:> If the logged in session in the terminal window is my own user id > then the delete key does nothing. ?If however, I su -l in the same > terminal window then the delete key removes the character under the > cursor and left shifts the rest of the line. > > I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same fashion > for my usual user id up until quite recently. ?Does anyone know of > why or how this behaviour could differ between two separate users in > the same terminal window?I believe it is probably something to do with the profile settings of your user. Does .bash_profile contain these lines? if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc Does .bashrc contain these lines? if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc Are you using the stty command on any of those files? Are you resetting the value of the TERM variable? What are the output of "stty" and "echo $TERM" when you run them from a shell inside your gnome-terminal? For reference, these are mine: $ stty speed 38400 baud; line = 0; eol = M-^?; eol2 = M-^?; swtch = M-^?; ixany iutf8 $ echo $TERM xterm You can also compare the output of these commands when you run as root after doing "su -". If you create a new user account and log in as the new user in GNOME, open a new gnome-terminal, do the keys work as you expect them to? HTH, Filipe
On: Fri, 22 May 2009 16:58:26 +0000 (UTC), Beartooth <Beartooth at comcast.net> wrote:> > On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:49:43 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> I have the following gnome terminal profile settings: >> >> Backspace = ASCII DEL >> Delete Key = Escape Sequence > [....] >> I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same >> fashion for my usual user id up until quite recently. Does >> anyone know of why or how this behaviour could differ between >> two separate users in the same terminal window? > > I have my gnome-terminal (under Fedora, not CentOS) set to > Control-H and Escape Sequence; that works fine for all users here, > and does what I'm guessing you want. >That setting does not change the observed behaviour. If I su -l then the Escape Sequence DEL removes the character under the cursor and left shifts the line. If I am not the superuser, even in exactly the same gnome terminal window instance, then the DEL has no evident effect. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3