From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26152 invoked by alias); 19 Jul 2008 15:48:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 26144 invoked by uid 22791); 19 Jul 2008 15:48:44 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mpv2.tis.CWRU.Edu (HELO mpv2.tis.cwru.edu) (129.22.105.37) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:10 +0000 Received: from mpv7.TIS.CWRU.edu (mpv7.TIS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.104.170]) by mpv2.tis.cwru.edu (MOS 3.8.6-GA) with ESMTP id CVM99903; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from z4.local (h152.249.40.69.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [69.40.249.152]) by mpv7.TIS.CWRU.edu (MOS 4.0.4-FCS) with ESMTP id BSQ80082 (AUTH cpr); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:44:13 -0400 Message-ID: <48820CB0.9000502@case.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:00 -0000 From: Chet Ramey Reply-To: chet.ramey@case.edu User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Ringle CC: andrew.stubbs@st.com, drow@false.org, eliz@gnu.org, denis.pilat@st.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, bash-maintainers@gnu.org, chet.ramey@case.edu Subject: Re: pdcurses readline-mingw backspace key in windows console References: <4DD3AF7ECBBC43409BA36508938D01852CF053@CVAEX1.VERTICAL.COM> In-Reply-To: <4DD3AF7ECBBC43409BA36508938D01852CF053@CVAEX1.VERTICAL.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/49, host=mpv2.tis.cwru.edu X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A150202.48820CB3.0086,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=69.40.249.152, so=2007-10-30 19:00:17, dmn=5.4.3/2008-02-01 X-Junkmail-IWF: false Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-07/txt/msg00374.txt.bz2 Jon Ringle wrote: > Folks, > > > > I ran into the same problem regarding the backspace key with > pdcurses/readline/mingw in a windows console that was discussed a > couple years ago here > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/gdb-patches/2006-02/msg00180.html. > > > > This problem still exists today with pdcurses-3.3 and I believe that I > have found the problem and have submitted a patch to the pdcurses > project here: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2021778&group_id=30480&atid=399168 > And if I read the pdcurses maintainer's reply correctly, the response is "if you want terminfo, look somewhere else." Readline is not going to become a curses-based application, so it appears that using pdcurses with readline is a dead end. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/