[kinda solved] Emacs Sending wrong keystrokes in terminal

lifeafter2am · 2009-06-16 19:07:22

So I installed my editor of choice, Emacs, yesterday. I normally start Emacs with the -nw switch, because most of the time I like using it inside of the terminal window. When I do this the backspace key doesn't backspace at all, instead it sends <C-h> and takes me to the help screen (very annoying). BUT, it doesn't do this when I load the graphical emacs, and my backspace key works fine.

Any help?

Last edited by lifeafter2am (2009-06-20 03:11:45)

lifeafter2am · 2009-06-16 19:19:53

Just to add to this, it does not behave this way in a terminal if I ssh into my box.

BC · 2009-06-17 01:59:52

I had a similar problem with xterm. What I had to do was configure xterm such that backspace didn't send C-h so it wouldn't interfere with Emacs while still being able to delete to the left. I forget exactly how I did it, but it's a Xresources/Xdefaults solution.

lifeafter2am · 2009-06-20 03:11:21

Once I switched to urxvt from Eterm it fixed itself, but thanks!

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#1 2009-06-16 19:07:22

[kinda solved] Emacs Sending wrong keystrokes in terminal

#2 2009-06-16 19:19:53

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