From unknown Fri Jun 20 18:07:54 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#3985 <3985@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#3985 <3985@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.1; DEL won't delete backwards in terminal Reply-To: bug#3985 <3985@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:07:54 +0000 retitle 3985 23.1; DEL won't delete backwards in terminal reassign 3985 emacs submitter 3985 "Otto Maddox" severity 3985 normal thanks From ottomaddox@fastmail.fm Thu Jul 30 17:19:47 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 Jul 2009 00:19:47 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Since upgrading to 23.1, DEL won't delete backwards anymore; instead it deletes forwards (everything worked fine in 22.3). I am running Emacs on a GNU/Linux box, logged in through ssh from the Mac OS X Terminal.app. Pressing the key labelled 'delete' on my keyboard (where 'backspace' often is located on other keyboards) sends ^? to Emacs through the terminal emulator, but for some reason, since the upgrade, it's getting translated to . C-h DEL gives this: | (translated from DEL) runs the command delete-char, which | is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'. | | It is bound to , C-d. This leaves no way to delete characters backwards. In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) of 2009-07-30 configured using `configure '--without-x'' -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again From ottomaddox@fastmail.fm Fri Aug 7 14:06:22 2009 Received: (at 3985) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Aug 2009 21:06:22 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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By default, TERM=xterm-color, which is when the problem is exhibited, but if instead I use TERM=xterm then everything seems to work OK. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... From ottomaddox@fastmail.fm Mon Sep 7 09:33:19 2009 Received: (at 3985-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Sep 2009 16:33:20 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=4.0 tests=AWL,MISSING_SUBJECT,NOSUBJECT autolearn=no version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n87GXIkK020708 for <3985-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:33:19 -0700 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B8D68F0F for <3985-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web6.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.215]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:33:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date; s=smtpout; bh=3YAQy54kp0/Bbhf1g4BnX7Gxh+c=; b=C6fWJCZ4AustoEUfD5//CCTjfVP+QsLLbsApq+yC2C8V85Np/P229We7h8zGvtqCSKIbZr22JYU4LO8+4MabQWnXItI/GdrhnP5ydjGGkcwBLf0Hfg17yUqQ956AlRwkNXtjHCYgM+4s5FSkYyEPiTGxVV1MAkcxnnjmLxHCVog= Received: by web6.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id C1C7B675D7; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1252341197.10810.1333610187@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: xhYGFo4I235OXSL6PBil94JZ6OMyLsOgeS+8l6T/EpEX 1252341197 From: "Otto Maddox" To: 3985-done@debbugs.gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:33:17 +0100 It looks like this is due to a bug in an older version of Debian's ncurses package. See here for more details: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319554 Therefore, I'm closing the bug report. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are From unknown Fri Jun 20 18:07:54 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:24:12 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # A New Hope # A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away # something happened. # # Magically this resulted in the following # action being taken, but this fake control # message doesn't tell you why it happened # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator