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Thomas Thomassen SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund. Re: Redefine the Delete key by thomthom » Mon 5:50 pm. Maybe just close the programm and restart. Remember that the default key in the mac to erase stuff is backspace, not delete.
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Sorry for dumb description, I am a PC guy. This fixes zsh and screen for me, and keeps emacs working properly both on OS X and when SSH'd into a Linux machine. There is no Delete key but the one with sort of an arrow pointing left. Then log out and SSH back into the Linux machine, and your backspace key should work properly in all applications. How do you delete without a delete button There is no delete key, only. On many keyboards, such as most Apple keyboards, the key with the backspace function is also labelled delete. This is because the backspace key also deletes characters, but to the left of the cursor. You can put the file in /usr -> share -> terminfo -> x/ on the Linux box (if you have root access), or in your home directory in ~/.terminfo -> x/ (create the directory structure if necessary). The key is sometimes referred to as the forward delete key. If you have Fink installed, get the file from /sw -> share -> terminfo -> x -> xterm-color otherwise, use the one installed by default at /usr -> share -> terminfo -> 78 -> xterm-color. In terms of deleting files, when the file is highlighted and backspaced is pressed, nothing happens. The backspace deletes the left side of the cursor while the delete key omits towards the right side.
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However, for those who use Parallels to host a virtual Windows 7 machine. The main difference between the two is the direction or position when deleting character/s. They delete the characters to the left of the cursor. Yup, it was the one I had originally found. The solution: Copy the xterm-color terminfo file from a Mac to the Linux box. The Apple Mac Delete key and the Windows Backspace key are located in the same (approximate) location on the keyboard and both keys even function the same on a Windows computer compared to a Mac computer.
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Terminfo is a database present on most Unix systems that tells programs how to interact with a variety of different terminals. On your MacBook keyboard, hold down the Fn button (you'll find it at the bottom left of the keyboard layout) and then press Backspace. The Delete key removes characters to the right of the cursor, whereas the Backspace key deletes to the left. How to forward-delete without the Delete key. Pressing Delete (DEL) also deletes the currently highlighted text, image or group of images. I traced the problem to the Linux (Debian, at least) default terminfo entry for xterm-color. What key is delete The keyboard key used to delete the text character at, or to the right of, the screen cursor. I wasn't content to keep checking and un-checking the 'delete sends backspace' option, because these things ought to be automatic. I have experienced the same problem in a range of applications: when I SSH from my Macs into Linux machines, the backspace key often stops working.
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