Comments on: Fixing Backspace and Delete for SSH in OS X’s Terminal.app http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-206109 Mike Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:52:08 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-206109 @Robrecht van Valkenburg I just tried you method, and it works great; thanks. @Robrecht van Valkenburg

I just tried you method, and it works great; thanks.

]]> By: offTheHill » Fixing Delete and Backspace in OS X Terminal http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-191926 offTheHill » Fixing Delete and Backspace in OS X Terminal Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:29:07 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-191926 [...] problem, and various solutions are documented all over the net, but I found and used this page most recently. « Update from the We Are Doomed [...] [...] problem, and various solutions are documented all over the net, but I found and used this page most recently. « Update from the We Are Doomed [...]

]]> By: snookie http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-185395 snookie Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:24:45 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-185395 Wow, thanks a million, that really saved me so much headache! Wow, thanks a million, that really saved me so much headache!

]]> By: Josh Wilson http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-16736 Josh Wilson Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:11:57 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-16736 Thanks for the tip. Found some other tips along the same lines on the macromates blog here: http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/01/07/word-movement-in-terminal/ I posted the one I found most useful on my blog at: http://joshwilson.com/blog/?p=87 - or included below from comments on the macromates blog entry: """ 07 Jan 2006 | # sjk wrote… Option-left/right-arrow will invoke backward/forward-word in bash, tcsh, and zsh by simply setting “Use option key as meta key” on the Keyboard page of Terminal Inspector, seen in the first screencapture of this article. That also makes the option key a meta key for other useful shell functions, which is much nicer (for Emacs junkies like me) than using the escape key or control-[. Some functions, like history-search-backward/forward, are particularly painful without the metafied option key. """ Cheers, -Josh Thanks for the tip. Found some other tips along the same lines on the macromates blog here: http://macromates.com/blog/archives/2006/01/07/word-movement-in-terminal/

I posted the one I found most useful on my blog at: http://joshwilson.com/blog/?p=87 – or included below from comments on the macromates blog entry:

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07 Jan 2006 | # sjk wrote…

Option-left/right-arrow will invoke backward/forward-word in bash, tcsh, and zsh by simply setting “Use option key as meta key” on the Keyboard page of Terminal Inspector, seen in the first screencapture of this article. That also makes the option key a meta key for other useful shell functions, which is much nicer (for Emacs junkies like me) than using the escape key or control-[. Some functions, like history-search-backward/forward, are particularly painful without the metafied option key.

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Cheers,
-Josh

]]> By: fixing backspace key in os x at thought cruft http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-16730 fixing backspace key in os x at thought cruft Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:48:16 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-16730 [...] Ever have the problem in a Mac OS X terminal that when ssh’ed into a remote machine - delete (backspace on mac) hates you? It doesn’t work but instead send an unparsable character?  Here’s a quick fix. From Frederic Wenzel’s blog: Add the following line to your .profile: [...] [...] Ever have the problem in a Mac OS X terminal that when ssh’ed into a remote machine – delete (backspace on mac) hates you? It doesn’t work but instead send an unparsable character?  Here’s a quick fix. From Frederic Wenzel’s blog: Add the following line to your .profile: [...]

]]> By: Robrecht van Valkenburg http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 Robrecht van Valkenburg Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:34:36 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-6490 You have to check if the mac os X ssh program requests the correct terminal settings on a remote machine. Thats the only problem with it that can occur. I have tested this on remote linux and solaris systems. You have to check if the mac os X ssh program requests the correct terminal settings on a remote machine.

Thats the only problem with it that can occur. I have tested this on remote linux and solaris systems.

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-6486 Fred Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:14:44 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-6486 Interesting. Will try that out, thanks :) Interesting. Will try that out, thanks :)

]]> By: Robrecht van Valkenburg http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Robrecht van Valkenburg Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:22:48 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-6481 Nice but totaly not needed. export TERM=linux will fix it just put that in your profile (or the equivelent csh expresion if you use that.) Nice but totaly not needed.
export TERM=linux will fix it just put that in your profile (or the equivelent csh expresion if you use that.)

]]> By: Fred http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-5574 Fred Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:21:20 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-5574 The answer is: Sometimes. It worked for some servers for me, but others still executed a delete when I pressed backspace. The settings mentioned above managed to make it work for all servers I tested so far :) The answer is: Sometimes.

It worked for some servers for me, but others still executed a delete when I pressed backspace.

The settings mentioned above managed to make it work for all servers I tested so far :)

]]> By: Shawn Wilsher http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/comment-page-1/#comment-5572 Shawn Wilsher Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:05:32 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2006/10/16/fixing-backspace-and-delete-for-ssh-in-os-xs-terminalapp/#comment-5572 This bugged the crap out of me for a while. Why doesn't just "Turn on the Delete key sends backspace option." work? That's all I've done and it seems to work. This bugged the crap out of me for a while.

Why doesn’t just “Turn on the Delete key sends backspace option.” work? That’s all I’ve done and it seems to work.

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