Partial browse key: reinventing the wheel

[Bob Rasmussen]

Sorry, I hadn't been following this thread. As I told Barry off-list,
Anzio's backspace key can be configured to send either a hex-08 or a
hex-7F. The latter is apparently needed in this case.

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Barry Wiseman wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Bob Stockler wrote:
>
> > Barry Wiseman wrote (on Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:24:00AM -0500):
> > | ::end:
> > | @KEYT::x(1,*)=waitkey:
> > | ::errorbox @sk:
> > | ::goto @keyt:
> > |
> > | In response to backspace, this works fine at the console (errorbox
> > | displays "BKSP"), but in Anzio, errorbox puts up an empty window. So it's
> > | some issue in my Anzio environment.
> > |
> > | Working in the shell, I run od and start typing.  I see that at the
> > | console, backspace is handled in a manner invisible to stdout, whereas in
> > | Anzio, backspace is echoed as ^H when typed, and the 0x08 appears in od's
> > | output.
> > |
> > | I'll take this up with Senor Rasmussen.
> >
> > Using Anzio Lite v15.1 on a Windows XP box, connecting to an
> > SCO OSR 6.0.0 system running filePro 5.0.14, executing your
> > processing table code example, the Backspace key returns BKSP
> > and the Left Arrow returns CLFT.  I have Anzio set to emulate
> > the SCO version of an ansi terminal.
> >
> > In the shell the Backspace key is seen as ^H.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Bob,
>
> Thanks for looking at this for me.  Sorry for posting half a story: my
> grief is occurring in Linux.  RH 7.3, RHE 3.0, and RHE 4.0 all do it;
> I suspect the problem is my Anzio config.  I'm running AnzioWin 15.1b here
> at home (but I think the rev at my office is newer), terminal emulation
> is "linux".
>
> Running the test on a SCO box just now, as you did, works properly for me
> too.
>
> Barry
>
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