HEPiX Startup Scripts - Rubout


There are many different keyboards available on the site. Keyboards are sending signals and unfortunately, as there was no formal standard, it exists some clashes on how to interpret this or that signal.

The signal which is sent to erase a character is called the RUBOUT sequence. Some keyboards may send ^? which corresponds to a Delete and some keyboards may send ^H which corresponds to a BackSpace.

Thus the HEPiX shells login scripts provide a environment variable named RUBOUT which you can modify to 2 values : BackSpace or Delete.

If you want to have a

If both files are present, BackSpace is the default behaviour

In order to get a Backspace from the RUBOUT sequence enter the command:

       touch $HOME/.BackSpace
In order to get a Delete from the RUBOUT sequence enter the command:
	touch $HOME/.Delete
It will then be valid at the next login.
Arnaud Taddei, 27-Jun-1996