[Simh] GOLD Keys and such

[Random832]

Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> writes:

> I am trying to use xterm, now that I have terminal behaving
> better. But, the keymapping is really weird: pressing the delete key
> displays ^H, pressing CTRL-DELETE, effectively backspaces, and
> pressing fn-F5, which in Terminal is mapped to ESC-O-w, displays 5~.
> Do you know where xterm is getting its key mapping from? If it's a
> file, do you know of a VT100 file of mappings? I have a feeling that
> the default mapping is way off.

Xterm's mappings are bult in. F5 and beyond are based on the
VT220, since there were no equivalent keys on a real VT100.  You
would need to use a numeric keypad to get keys like ESC-O-w from
the default mappings. You can control the keys in ~/.Xdefaults,
though. See the answer to this question on Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11840763/

Delete and Backspace is an issue with a long history, and can be
controlled through a separate option "backarrowKeyIsErase".