Why I think FC3 sucks!

Edward Yang neo_in_matrix at fastmail.fm
Thu Jan 27 12:48:44 UTC 2005


Pasha wrote:

> Edward Yang wrote:
>
>> Pasha wrote:
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>>>>>> 5. I am a newbie on Linux, but I already find a few bugs. For 
>>>>>> example, in gnome-termial, if I set DEL to ASCII DEL in the 
>>>>>> profile settings, it actualy acts like BACKSPACE. This bug may be 
>>>>>> specific only to gnome, but since it's bundled with FC3, so I 
>>>>>> attribute the problem to FC3. It's quite reasonable.
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>>>>> Never had such problem with any version of linux i tried. Either 
>>>>> stop tweaking options you don't understand or (again) it is an 
>>>>> emulator that needs tweaking. BTW, in my terminal, backspace is 
>>>>> configured to generate ASCII DEL, and del to escape sequence and I 
>>>>> never changed this. So, you probably just configured del to be a 
>>>>> backspace.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you define the word 'bug' in software world? In my 
>>>> dictionary, bug at least means one thing - it does not work as it 
>>>> should to work. Your above comment is like saying - that DEL option 
>>>> is the ears of a deaf, don't use it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Where is the bug here? You configure DEL to be BACKSPACE and 
>>> complain that it generates BACKSPACE. Change your setting to default 
>>> and it will work as you expect it to work. This option is probably 
>>> for compatibility with some terminals, where DEL works as backspace. 
>>> If you don't want it to act that way, don't configure it so.
>>>
>> Can you read???????????????? I said:
>>
>> if I set DEL to ASCII DEL
>
>
> First, there is no need to shout.
> Second, please turn off HTML when you post to this list. In 
> Thunderbird composition window, select Options/Format/Plain Text.
>
> If you look more closely, you can see that ASCII DEL is also generated 
> by backspace. For me this means, that if I set Del to the same setting 
> as backspace, it will act the same way as backspace. Also, you may be 
> surprised, but originally ASCII DEL (and delete key) acted as 
> backspace. I don't remember where it was changed, probably in MS-DOS. 
> Anyway, there are a lot of hints telling that you should not touch 
> that setting at all. In any case this is not a bug.
>
Okay, I like posting in HTML, which is not forbid by law; it's only the 
usual custom to post in plain text, I choose not to follow it. If you 
can't read it, please ignore me.

ASCII DEL = ASCII 7 and ASCII BS = 8.

Do you mean 7 == 8?
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