[Simh] SIMH VAX Emulation under Linux: DU/RD units etc

Jeremy Begg jeremy at vsm.com.au
Fri Jun 9 00:46:04 EDT 2006


Hi John,

>> Also, a trivial sort of question...  Under Linux, both xterm and aterm
>> -types of virtual terminals don't send the correct key for "backspace"
>> (they send CTRL-H instead of DEL).  I assume there's someting in an
>> .xtermrc file or similar that will fix that up? -- I'm none too flash
>> when it comes to Linux :)

Most implementations of xterm that I've come across allow you to set this,
either with a command-line switch or a pop-up menu.  For example, if you
Ctrl-Click in the xterm window you should see a menu which allows you to
select DEL or BACKSPACE behaviour.

Regards,

        Jeremy Begg

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