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Ben D. Stanley (bds654@aerodec.anu.edu.au) wrote:
> In article <rlang.781314635@xenon> rlang@ascod.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang) writes:

> > 
> > Hi, I just installed the latest version of Linux, and have the following
> > problems with xterms, although a friend says he only has these problems
> > with color_xterm and I haven't had time to confirm/deny this.
> > 
> > 1. When I press the backspace or delete key, it just drops to the next line
> > and what I have typed is lost -> very annoying.
> > 2. I can't "more" a file.  It shows one screen full of info and then just
> > exits instead of giving me the option for "more".  My friend said this happens
> > for him too and to use less but I'm keen for a solution too.

> I have spent a large amount of time trying to track this one down, and
> I haven't managed to fix it.  I can tell you about the following
> results, though:

[ lots of good info deleted ]

> I think that the solution will lie in
> getting the sources for color_xterm and debugging it...

I tried this. The color_xterm source is actually a patch file for the xterm
source code. I spent some time looking at every line of the patch file but
didn't see anything that could relate to this weird problem.

My eventual solution was to add some lines to the
/usr/lib/X11/add-defaults/XTerm file. I'll post what I added tomorrow
as my system is at home. I'm pretty sure that it's something to do with
resources. Because the color_xterm uses different resource names to
xterm it's probably missing something that xterm picks up. Unless the
system is pulling a slight of hand and giving special treatment to
programs named xterm!
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