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Diffstat (limited to 'src/interface-curses.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/interface-curses.cpp | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/interface-curses.cpp b/src/interface-curses.cpp index e05643b..da0f158 100644 --- a/src/interface-curses.cpp +++ b/src/interface-curses.cpp @@ -509,9 +509,18 @@ event_loop_iter() interface.resize_all_windows(); break; #endif - case 0x7F: /* DEL */ + case CTL_KEY('H'): + case 0x7F: /* ^? */ case KEY_BACKSPACE: - cmdline.keypress('\b'); + /* + * For historic reasons terminals can send + * ASCII 8 (^H) or 127 (^?) for backspace. + * Curses also defines KEY_BACKSPACE, probably + * for terminals that send an escape sequence for + * backspace. + * In SciTECO backspace is normalized to ^H. + */ + cmdline.keypress(CTL_KEY('H')); break; case KEY_ENTER: case '\r': |