Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
- Subject: Re: getting 'Delete' to forward-delete
- From: email@hidden (Dushan Mitrovich)
- Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:09:11 -0700
"Ambrose Li" <email@hidden> wrote:
>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
Please see my response to Harald for the problems I ran into.
For the two commands you give above, do I enter them in xterm? Do they
create the files specified, or just assume they already exist?
Thanks.
- Dushan
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