Re: Unexpected behaviour of Backspace when binding ^H

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:39:33 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.general
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> Op 09-03-2020 om 17:09 schreef Ciprian Tomoiaga:
>> I am binding ^H to `replace all`. This has the unexpected result that pressing
>> Backspace(1) enters the replace menu. I know that on some terminals Backspace
>> generates ^H, but if I use the shortcut for `Verbatim Input` and press Backspace,
>> I get `^?`.

I've re-reported the bug as https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57981.

And have fixed the problem in git:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/commit/?id=cbbfebbc

The fix will appear in nano-4.9, in about two weeks.

Thanks for reporting!

Benno

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