[NCLUG] Re: Backspace

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake Rich Young:
> 
> > It looks like your keyboard sends a 'delete' keypress when you hit
> > backspace.  What do you get when you do  Ctl-V Delete ?
> 
> If my understanding of these things is correct, it sends keycode 14 when I 
> hit backspace.  This is then interpreted as a delete, rather than a 
> backspace, by some interpreting software in the operating system.  The fact 
> that showkey indicates a difference between the keys is to me a convincing 
> argument that it's software, and thus changeable.
> 
> John's email looks promising, in that he mentions a few things I haven't 
> stumbled across on my own yet.  Perhaps it's in there somewhere -- I'll let 
> y'all know when I find it.

 I've had this in my ~/.xinitrc for years - it might help:

xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
xmodmap -e "keycode 107 = Delete"
xmodmap -e "keysym Caps_Lock ="

 Makes the Backspace key do a backspace, makes the delete key do a delete
and turns the caps lock key into a dead key. Very handy.

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