Does not work hotkey ctrl-backspace, ctrl-h

[mc-butler]

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Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4332
Reporter	KLex (AA.KLex@….ru)
Keywords	hotkey

1. In mc.keymap I set:

DeleteToWordBegin = ctrl-backspace

2. Save and restart mc
3. Type some words in command line
4. Press ctrl-backspace
5. I want delete word to the left, but nothing happens.

hotkey "DeleteToWordBegin = ctrl-delete" work correct
the same error is in "History = ctrl-h"

Note

Original attachments:

• 1.txt (raw) by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:10 UTC
• 2.txt (raw) by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:11 UTC
• 3.txt (raw) by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:11 UTC

[mc-butler]

Changed by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:10 UTC

• Attachment 1.txt (raw) added

mc -V

[mc-butler]

Changed by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:11 UTC

• Attachment 2.txt (raw) added

mc -F

[mc-butler]

Changed by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:11 UTC

• Attachment 3.txt (raw) added

options

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:12 UTC (comment 1)

Run cat.
Press backspace.
Press ctrl-backspace.
Press ctrl-h.
What do you see?

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:15 UTC (comment 2)

• Version set to 4.8.24
• Milestone changed from 4.8.28 to Future Releases

[mc-butler]

Changed by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:20 UTC (comment 3)

in both cases:

^H

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:31 UTC (comment 4)

So you can't distinguish between ctrl-h and ctrl-backspace in your terminal.

[mc-butler]

Changed by KLex (AA.KLex@….ru) on Feb 25, 2022 at 11:43 UTC (comment 5)

I not use ctrl-h in mc.keymap, ctrl-backspace only.
When I press ctrl-backspace, ctrl-h, backspace - delete symbol left.
When I press backspace after cat - delete symbol left.

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Feb 25, 2022 at 16:00 UTC (comment 5.6)

Replying to KLex:

I not use ctrl-h in mc.keymap, ctrl-backspace only.

It doesn't matter. mc receives same char sequences for different keys from terminal. mc is unable to do anything in such case.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/327953/make-ctrl-backspace-different-than-ctrl-h

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Feb 28, 2022 at 5:44 UTC (comment 7)

• Resolution set to invalid
• Milestone Future Releases deleted
• Status changed from new to closed