Description of problem: According to mutt's builtin help ('?'), the backspace key should scroll up one line. Instead, the user gets a "key not mapped" error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.4.1i How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open mutt and view an email 2.Press the Backspace key Actual results: Key Not Bound Expected results: Scroll up one line Additional info: Enter still works as expected (scroll down one line)
Backspace is *probably* generating delete. Under what sort of terminal is this?
$TERM is xterm. I'm using gnome-terminal with the default settings.
What is 'backspace key generates' set to in your profile (see: Compatibility)
It was indeed set to "ASCII DEL", but since I hadn't changed this setting I assume it's a RHEL4 default. Setting it to ^H causes mutt to work as expected. I guess this is something that needs to be sorted out with the gnome-terminal maintainer.
I had the same problem while using emacs and vim from the console. In emacs, backspace == delete. In vim, backspace is producing two white space.
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