Re: backspace and delete

[Nikolay Sturm <sturm_(_at_)_physik_(_dot_)_rwth-aachen_(_dot_)_de>]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, ktb wrote:

>to the left (which it does) and my <delete> key to delete to the right.
>What my <delete> does when I push it is output "~"  
>I'm using ksh and vt220. 

There is a command called bind in ksh, which lets you assign functions to
keys:

bind 'E'=delete-char-forward

binds normal del behaviour to E. I only did a quick look, but couldn't
find the code for the del key (in bash it is \e[3~). So find that and
assign as shown.

bye,

Nikolay

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