Package: konsole
Version: 1.0.2 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity: normal
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.9
OS/Compiler notes: 

In konsole w/KDE 1.x, there was an option to send 
control-h for Backspace instead of Rubout.  In
2.2 this feature seems to have disappeared or
moved.

I tried remapping keysym Backspace to 0x8 via
xmodmap, but that messed up most of the
other gui files.  

As it stands, (w/o the above remapping), backspace
works as a "space back and delete previous
character (Backspace)", in all of the Gui
apps.  Works in gvim, netscape, as well
as all of the KDE apps I use.  Just not in
konsole.

So in vim, I press Backspace and I get a
rubout character sent (^?).  But in gvim, I
press Backspace and it works.  Since the
problem seems to be specific to konsole (maybe
other terms as well -- not sure), I'm reporting
it as a bug here -- especially since the 
remapping feature used to be present in 
KDE konsole 1.x.  

I have tried the 4 different keyboard mappings
and they made no difference.  I looked in the
console documentation and couldn't find anything.

There may be a simple way to do this, but  then I
would assert that removing the mapping feature
from 1.1 and not documenting the new way to
do it is a bug at least in the documentation.  From
the manpage of xmodmap:

       One of the more simple, yet convenient, uses of xmodmap is
       to  set  the keyboard's "rubout" key to generate an alter-
       nate  keysym.    This   frequently   involves   exchanging
       Backspace  with Delete to be more comfortable to the user.
       If the ttyModes resource in xterm is set as well, all ter-
       minal  emulator  windows will use the same key for erasing
....
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It is recognized that this issue is a widely spread
problem such that it bears mentioning in
the manpage.  

If there  is a simple workaround, perhaps just documenting it on the konsole help page would be sufficient -- otherwise, the explicit menu option to remap the key was very str8 forward and user-friendly.

Thanks,
Linda

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog)

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