Re: termcap issue

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost (Greg Troxel) writes:

>> An alternative would be to remove the kbs attribute from 'remote terminals'
>> in the terminfo database.

>Sorry, I didn't absorb your second note before replying.  Either of
>those sounds fine, or perhaps both.  It's pretty clear that knowing what
>a remote terminal uses as the backarrow key is near hopeless.

Here is something from the Linux world, showing the conflict
between the "Debian keyboard guidelines" (DEL) and the
"official ncurses way" (BS).

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142659

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