delete button in console

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 01:48:49 -0800, Sergei G wrote:
> When I ssh to a FreeBSD machine and press 'Delete' button in csh prompt 
> I get character '~' printed on screen.  Backspace works just fine.
> 
> I think even an actual console behaves the same way.
> 
> Is there a way to "map" the Delete button to work appropriately? Would 
> it be my SSH client application or FreeBSD itself?

This is a thing that can be configured for the shell. I assume
you're using FreeBSD's default dialog shell, the C shell. In
this case, add to ~/.cshrc:

	bindkey ^? delete-char		# for console
	bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char	# for xterm

Or to /etc/csh.cshrc, if you want to make it a global setting.

You can check the success with the "stty -a" command.


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