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Bug #1625: backspace does not delete but instead moves back one char in console vim in xterm in linux. gvim works.

Kind bug
Product Command-T
When Created , updated
Status closed
Reporter anonymous
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Description

Linux localhost 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 21:03:38 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

XTerm(259)

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled May 16 2010 23:11:27)
Included patches: 1-436
Compiled by ArchLinux
Big version with GTK2 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent 
+clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments 
+cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic 
+emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path 
+float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand 
+jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap 
+menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm 
-mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte 
+multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra +perl +postscript 
+printer -profile +python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby +scrollbind 
+signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax 
+tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse 
+textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual 
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup 
+X11 -xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save 
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "/etc/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng14     -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1    -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE  -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE  -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread  -I/usr/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I/usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i686-linux -DRUBY_VERSION=19 
Linking: gcc   -L. -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic  -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE  -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -L/usr/local/lib -o vim   -pthread -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0   -lXt -lncurses -lacl -lgpm -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE  -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -lutil -Xlinker -export-dynamic  -Wl,-R -Wl,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lruby -lrt -lm

Comments

  1. Greg Hurrell

    It's not possible for the default key bindings to work in all terminals because different terminals send and interpret key sequences in different ways, and there are too many different variations to be able to anticipate and handle them all.

    So, this is why Command-T provides a means to override those bindings if you find that they don't work in your terminal. Check out the docs, specifically the "OPTIONS" section (:h command-t-options in Vim).

    The one you'll probably want to set is g:CommandTBackspaceMap, which is usually set to <Bs>. You'll need to substitute this for something that works in your terminal (<C-h>, perhaps? Note that if you do this you'll need to change the value for g:CommandTCursorLeftMap as well, seeing as that defaults to <C-h>).

  2. Greg Hurrell

    Closing due to inactivity.

  3. Greg Hurrell

    Status changed:

    • From: new
    • To: closed
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