Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
- Subject: Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
- From: "Ambrose Li" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:07:30 -0400
On 02/04/2008, Harald Hanche-Olsen <email@hidden> wrote:
> In .Xmodmap in your home directory:
>
> keysym BackSpace = Delete
[stuff deleted]
> In .Xresources in your home directory:
>
> XTerm.vt100.faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
> XTerm.vt100.faceSize: 9
[delete]
> It is not very Mac-like, as you can see. Very geeky indeed.
> You need to restart X11 after these changes.
This is technically not needed, though that would be a good
test to see if the changes have been done correctly.
To apply the changes without a restart, just do
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
--
cheers,
-ambrose
The 'net used to be run by smart people; now many sites are run by
idiots. So SAD... (Sites that does spam filtering on mails sent to the
abuse contact need to be cut off the net...)
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