[ILUG] backspace wierdness

[Justin Mason]

"John P. Looney" said:

> On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 04:14:56PM +0100, Paul Kelly mentioned:
> > "John P. Looney" wrote:
> > > > I had this problem a while back on a Sun here at work.  There's a file called
> > > > .tcsh-keymap which is sourced from my .cshrc which binds certain key presses.
> > >  Alas, tcsh stuff won't fix netscape :(
> > xmodmap -e 'keycode 22=BackSpace'
> 
>  Ack. That's really broken it. Backspace now makes spaces...that aren't
> "viewable", if I select what I type into netscape, and copy/paste it. WTF?

I think you need to reformat and reinstall (he says running and ducking ;)

No seriously -- sounds like something's set some kind of regional
settings? try running xev and see what keycodes etc. are being produced
when you hit backspace, then xmodmap them appropriately.

--j.