Re: Weirdness with backspace on python and bash
Christian Sacks <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Oct 2025 06:00:01 +0000
| Newsgroups | alt.bbs.mystic |
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| Organization | Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 15 Oct 2025, Daniel said the following... Da> each key I press. I don't care if arrows work or not. But I'd like Da> backspace to work as designed instead of spamming my screen. Da> Da> Key Output Da> Backspace ^H Da> Right arrow ^[[C Da> Left Arrow ^[[D When calling the script from the menu editor, do something like; Command | (DD) Exec external program Data | stty erase '^H' && /mystic/themes/default/scripts/scriptname.sh That's how I got around the backspace as delete issue, this should help you find the answer to the other keys too. Cheers! .... We all live in a yellow subroutine...