Re: gnome-terminal: "DEL"-key behaviour

[alexander volovics <awol STAT UNIMAAS NL>]

On 01-Apr-99 Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
>> I'm used to the usual behaviour of the DEL key. The key is supposed to
>> delete the character at the cursor position and not the one that is left
>> to the cursor. I know, it's stupid, but it is just my habit by now to use
>> the DEL-key to edit commands from the history. So where can I change
>> this? 
> 
> Go to the preferences page, and click on the "Swap DEL/Backspace"
> keys.

This does NOT work!
I too would like to know how to make:
1) the delete key delete the character under the cursor and then stay in 
   position and not move backward like the backspace key.
2) the backspace key delete by moving backwards, i.e. to the 'left'.

Where and how can you configure this.

Neither under SuSE nor under RH 5.2 have I been able to find a way to do
this in gnome-terminal/bash.
It works perfectly in for example gedit.

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Alexander Volovics
Dept of Methodology & Statistics
Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL
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