Ubuntu
rxvt-unicode package

backspace does not work in screen.

Bug #3690 reported by Venkat Raghavan
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
rxvt-unicode (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Daniel T Chen

Bug Description

Though, it sounds like a setting is required in .screenrc, that is ignored. a compiled version of rxvt-unicode-5.8 works as expected. That is,

scenarios:
screen in xterm : backspace works as expected
screen in rxvt-unicode (from ubuntu) : backspace does not work. however, ctrl +h/fn + delete works
screen + rxvt-unicode compiled from source : backspace works as expected

All with the same .screenrc. Thus the problem must be with rxvt-unicode from ubuntu?

Will be glad to provide any additional information!

Thanks

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in rxvt-unicode:
assignee: nobody → motu
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Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan) wrote :

compiling with no_backspace option fixes this error.

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Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

I would rather not deviate from upstream's [Debian's] debian/rules configurations, but if this behavior is vastly unexpected and annoying, I could make an exception. Is this same behavior reproducible in the normal rxvt [non-unicode] package?

Changed in rxvt-unicode:
assignee: motu → crimsun
status: New → Accepted
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Venkat Raghavan (venkatraghavan) wrote :

Hi,

This irritating behaviour can be fixed by using

URxvt*deletekey: ^H
URxvt*backspacekey: ^H

in .Xdefaults.

Please mark bug as fixed/closed/not a bug!

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in rxvt-unicode:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
status: Fix Released → Rejected
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