backspace doesn't delete both delimiters from terminal

[y]

in the docs, it say S-BS will not work from terminal, but BS alone also doesn't work. it only deletes the opening delimiter.

[Raimondi]

Could you send the out put of :DelimitMateTest ?

[y]

delimitMate Report
==================

* Options: (-) unset, (g) global, (b) buffer

(-) delimitMate_apostrophes = ''
(-) delimitMate_autoclose = 1
(-) delimitMate_balance_matchpairs = 0
(-) delimitMate_excluded_ft = ''
(-) delimitMate_excluded_regions = 'Comment'
(g) delimitMate_expand_cr = 1
(g) delimitMate_expand_space = 1
(-) delimitMate_matchpairs = '(:),{:},[:]'
(-) delimitMate_nesting_quotes = []
(-) delimitMate_quotes = '" '' `'
(-) delimitMate_smart_quotes = 1
--------------------

* Mappings:

IMAP
<Up>: is not set:
i  <Up>        * <C-O>gk
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
<Down>: is not set:
i  <Down>      * <C-O>gj
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
<PageUp>: is not set:
i  <PageUp>    * <C-\><C-O><C-U><C-\><C-O><C-U>
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
<PageDown>: is not set:
i  <PageDown>  * <C-\><C-O><C-D><C-\><C-O><C-D>
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
<S-Down>: is not set:
i  <S-Down>    * <Esc>v<Down>
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
<S-Up>: is not set:
i  <S-Up>      * <Esc>v<Up>
        Last set from ~/.vimrc
--------------------

* Showcase:

Open: (|)
Delete: |
Exit: ()|
Space: ( | )
Delete space: (|)
Car return: (
|
)
Delete car return: (|)

Open: {|}
Delete: |
Exit: {}|
Space: { | }
Delete space: {|}
Car return: {
|
}
Delete car return: {|}

Open: [|]
Delete: |
Exit: []|
Space: [ | ]
Delete space: [|]
Car return: [
|
]
Delete car return: [|]
Open: "|"
Delete: (|
Exit: ""|
Space: " | "
Delete space: "|"
Car return: "
|
"
Delete car return: "|"
Open: '|'
Delete: {|
Exit: ''|
Space: ' | '
Delete space: '|'
Car return: '
|
'
Delete car return: '|'
Open: `|`
Delete: [|
Exit: ``|
Space: ` | `
Delete space: `|`
Car return: `
|
`
Delete car return: `|`

[Raimondi]

Was that from the terminal? BS seems to work there.

[y]

> echo $TERM_PROGRAM $TERM
Apple_Terminal xterm-color

BS works on macvim for me, but not on terminal.

[Raimondi]

OK, what's the output of this, from the terminal:
:verbose imap

[y]

i  <BS>         @<Plug>delimitMateBS
        Last set from ~/.vim/bundle/delimitMate/plugin/delimitMate.vim

[Raimondi]

Does work under terminal?
I'm not sure why it doesn't work on terminal but it does on macvim, the mappings are internal to Vim. Could you run :DelimitMateTest from the terminal?

[y]

the results of DelimitMateTest were identical for terminal and macvim.

under terminal preferences i had enabled "delete sends control-h". disabling that makes backspace work properly with delimitMate. but that's not ideal, since that option is necessary for many other situations to work properly, like remote terminals.

[Raimondi]

I can reproduce the problem. I'll try to find a workaround and I'll let you know.

[y]

thanks, much appreciated

[Raimondi]

Put the following in your vimrc:

exec "set <BS>=\<C-H>"

That seems to fix the problem here, let's see how it goes on your end.

[y]

that works. thanks!

[Raimondi]

Just for reference, you can see the whole list of terminal options with

:help terminal-options