[Simh] GOLD Keys and such

[Will Senn]

On 12/19/15 3:44 PM, Random832 wrote:
> 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".
>

As for the delete-backspace issue, I appreciate the tip. Anne Baretta 
did a really good write up on how to get consistent behavior in linux 
for these miscreant keys:

http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard/keyboard.html

Thanks,

Will