Bug#525344: libvte9: backspace in screen does nothing when using “automatic” compatibility mode

[Josselin Mouette]

Le jeudi 23 avril 2009 à 23:12 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez a écrit :
> since quite some time, both in xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal, using the
> compatibility option “Automatic” for the backspace key doesn't work in
> screen.

Interesting. It works with launching screen over SSH on an etch system,
but not with the local one from sid. Something may have changed in
screen.

> >From outside, it seems to work fine, but in screen, pressing backspace does
> nothing. If setting the compatibility option to Control-H, it works, but
> then it breaks some other apps when waiting for input (like svn and
> openssl, iirc).

FYI, gnome-terminal uses “ASCII DEL” as default setting, and it seems to
work with screen (both versions), openssl, and approximately everything
I use in a terminal.

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