Description of Problem: I have added following lines to ~/.Xresources to enable the Delete and other keys to work as I prefer in xterm (Delete removes a char before the cursor position): xterm*VT100.Translations: #override\n\ <KeyPress>Prior: scroll-back(1,page)\n\ <KeyPress>Next: scroll-forw(1,page)\n\ <KeyPress>Home: string(0x01)\n\ <KeyPress>End: string(0x05)\n\ <KeyPress>Delete: string(0x04)\n\ <KeyPress>BackSpace: string(0x7F) The keys defined above as work expected in every application but Delete misbehaves in vi and less. In vi, pressing Delete does nothing, and in less pressing delete when writing (e.g., search parameters) prints ^D. Removing Delete definition from ~/.Xresources is not an options since it break other applications. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): less-358-24 vim-common-6.1-2 How Reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Add lines from above to ~/.Xresources 2. start X 3. start xterm 4. run vi or less, type something and try to use Delete Additional Information: Same problem is with RH7.2+errata, there is also Backspace broken in vi/less (produces ^?) but Backspace is working with skipjack. All other apps (emacs, pico, etc) are ok.
What applications does removing nonstandard redefinitions of standard keys break? Those applications need fixing, vim/less are working correctly.
Hmm, after testing everything I can imagine: no apps broke! I added the redefinitions during RH6.x era, so I guess they are no obsolete. Please close this bug, and sorry for wasting everybody's time!