On Mar 14, 2006, at 7:36 AM, Darrin Chandler wrote: >> The pico issues seems easiest to define : how can I get it to >> delete what's to the left of the cursor rather than what's to the >> right when 'delete' is pressed? I suspect that this is the same >> issue manifesting differently in the 2 editors, but vi's behavior >> is a lot harder to describe. > > It's odd that this behavior would change suddenly. Did you update > or install anything around the time this happened? > > One handy thing to see when you're at the shell prompt. Type Ctrl > +V, then hit backspace. It should print "^?". Ctrl+V, Del should > produce "^[[3~". If you're seeing those then you're OK up to a point. I had this issue a while back, and never resolved it. I'm on Debian, and I just did 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Amid all the packages that were upgraded, I saw the following output : >Setting up console-common (0.7.58) ... >Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/keymap.sh ... >Looking for keymap to install: >NONE Is this normal? . --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss