Description of problem: When I use xterm instead of gnome-terminal and try to use 'vi' to edit a textfile the delete button doesn't delete characters but instead prints ^? With gnome-terminal this works as expected. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xterm-200-6 vim-minimal-6.3.071-3 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start an xterm 2. start 'vi' 3. write something and try to delete it with the BackSpace button Actual results: A char that looks like ^? is printed (the one that is one character) Expected results: the character at the crusor should be deleted Additional info: If I ssh into a fc3 box (for which this was not an issue) and run vi it also exhibits the problem. LANG is sv_SE.UTF-8 keyboard layout is swedish
Oops. rereading I found that i use the term Delete (which can be mistaken for the button with the text 'Delete' on it). The key marked 'Delete' doesn't work either in vi, but the key that I'm referring to above is the one in the upper right corner of the keyboar with an arrow pointing to the left. Using 'xev' it seems like that button generates the keysym 'BackSpace'.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160354
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 160354 ***
From User-Agent: XML-RPC xterm-205-1.FC4 has been pushed for FC4, which should resolve this issue. If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.