>> isn't there a way to do this is "software" with wsconsctl?  i expected
>> that doing something like
>>     wsconsctl -w map+="keycode 83 = Delete" map+="keycode 211 = Delete"
>> might make it "work", but it's still not "right".  or do i need to
>> restart x for this to make me happier?
>
>my impression is that X bypasses the wscons console key processing
>code.   if you hit ctrl-left_mouse_button there is a menu item called
>"Delete is DEL" that appears to default to off (at least on my XFree86
>4.0.2 system).   switching it on gives the desired behavior (as 
>far as i'm concerned --- in fact my feeling is that it should be on
>by default).

that appears to be so, xterms being the one thing that behaves (imho)
wrongly here.  thank you.

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