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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How to delete a character Post 47762 by oombera on Wednesday 18th of February 2004 09:31:52 AM
Old 02-18-2004
I was looking around a bit and found several sources saying it's not possible, since there is no stty setting for delete-next-character.
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The standard Unix tty driver does not recognize a cursor, or keys (like the arrow keys) to move the current position, and hence does not have a command `delete current character' either.
 

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ckey

CKEY(7) 						 Miscellaneous Information Manual						   CKEY(7)

NAME

       ckey - The standard definition of each function key in
	      cWnn system.

DESCRIPTION

	----------------------------------------------------------
       | Function | Other |  Description  |  Function  | Function |
       |   Keys   |  Keys |		  |  In Input  | In Input |
       |	  |	  |		  |   State    |  State   |
       |   (a)	  |  (b)  |    (c)	  |   (d)      |   (e)	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^   |To toggle input| Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | mode ON/OFF   | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF1	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To Toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | phonetic input| among input| to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | mode	  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF2	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | encoded input | among input| to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | mode	  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF3	  |   -   | To toggle	  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | ASCII	  | among      | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | character	  | different  |	  |
       |	  |	  | input mode	  | ASCII      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | character  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | input      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | methods    |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF4	  |   -   | Toggle other  | To toggle  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input  mode   | among      | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  |(only in Pinyin| different  |	  |
       |	  |	  | centred input | input      |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment)  | methods    |	  |
       |	  |	  |	  +	  |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  | Toggle the	  | Similar to |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | (c)        |	  |
       |	  |	  | operation	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |(same as PF6)  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |(only in Zhuyin|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | centred input |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment & |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  |Combined Pinyin|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | & Zhuyin input|	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF5	  |   -   | To select the | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | different	  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | input keys	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | allocations   |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   PF6	  |   -   | To toggle the | To select  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | among the  | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | operations	  | different  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | environment|	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | operation  |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | functions  |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^G   | To quit the   | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | environment   | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | operation	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |Conversion|  ^W   | To perform	  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | Hanzi	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | To list out|	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | possible   |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | candidates |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |Conversion|   -   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | candidate from|	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the candidate |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | list	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^Z   | To treat the  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input string  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | as a phrase & |	+      |	  |
       |	  |	  | perform phrase| To list out|	  |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  | possible   |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | phrase     |	  |
       |	  |	  |		  | candidates |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Confirm  |  ^L   | To confirm the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | conversion	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | result	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Confirm  |   -   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | candidate	  |	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | from the	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | candidate list|	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Right   |  ^F   | To move cursor| To move the| Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | one position  | cursor one | to (d)   |
       |   key	  |	  | to the right  | unit to the|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | during input  | right      | To move  |
       |	  |	  | state, edit   |	       | to the   |
       |	  |	  | state, & when |	       | next	  |
       |	  |	  | using PF6	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       | on the   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | right	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Left	  |  ^B   | To move cursor| To move the| Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | one position  | cursor one | to (d)   |
       |   key	  |	  | to the left   | unit to the|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | during input  | left       | To move  |
       |	  |	  | state, edit   |	       | to the   |
       |	  |	  | state, & when |	       | next	  |
       |	  |	  | using PF6	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions	  |	       | on the   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | left	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |   Up	  |  ^P   | To move to the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | previous menu | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |   key	  |	  | or previous   |	+      |    +	  |
       |	  |	  | set of	  | To recall  | To obtain|
       |	  |	  | candidates.   | the        | the	  |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  | previous   | previous |
       |	  |	  | when using	  | input      | single   |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |  Down	  |  ^N   | To move to the| Similar to | Similar  |
       |  arrow   |	  | next menu or  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |   key	  |	  | the next set  |	+      |    +	  |
       |	  |	  | of candidates.| To recall  | To obtain|
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  | the        | the	  |
       |	  |	  | when using	  | next input | next	  |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       | single   |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       | candidate|
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^D   | To delete an  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | input unit	  | (c)        | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  |	 +	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | Delete a word |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | or character, |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | or dictionary |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | in the	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | environment   |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | operations PF6|	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       | Backspace|   -   | To delete an  | Similar to | Similar  |
       |   key	  |	  | input	  | (c)        | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | character	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^E   | Move cursor to| Move cursor| Move the |
       |	  |	  | the last input| to the last| cursor to|
       |	  |	  | unit (end) or | unit of the| the last |
       |	  |	  | to the last   | user input | candidate|
       |	  |	  | candidate of  | string     | in the   |
       |	  |	  | the list.	  |	       | current  |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  |	       | set of   |
       |	  |	  | when using	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^A   | Move cursor to| Move cursor| Move the |
       |	  |	  | the first	  | to the     | cursor to|
       |	  |	  | unit	  | first unit | the last |
       |	  |	  | (beginning) or| of the user| candidate|
       |	  |	  | to the first  | input      | in the   |
       |	  |	  | candidate of  | string     | current  |
       |	  |	  | of the list   |	       | set of   |
       |	  |	  | Also apply	  |	       | candidate|
       |	  |	  | when using	  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | functions in  |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | PF6 	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^K   | To undo a	  | To delete  | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  | an input   | to (d)   |
       |	  |	  | from the	  | string from|    +	  |
       |	  |	  | cursor	  | the cursor | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | position to   | position to| to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the end of the| the end of | If press |
       |	  |	  | input string  | the input  | twice,   |
       |	  |	  |(if press once)| string     | will	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |(press once)| cancel   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | the whole|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | converted|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | Hanzi	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | string   |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^I   | To shorten the|	-      | Separate |
       |	  |	  | length of a   |	       | a word   |
       |	  |	  | word phrase by|	       | into	  |
       |	  |	  | one character |	       |individual|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |characters|
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^O   | To extend the |	-      | Join the |
       |	  |	  | length of a   |	       |characters|
       |	  |	  | word phrase by|	       | into one |
       |	  |	  | one character |	       | word	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^G   | To extract a  |	-      | Similar  |
       |	  |	  | candidate from|	       | to (c)   |
       |	  |	  | the candidate |	       |	  |
       |	  |	  | list	  |	       |	  |
       |----------+-------+---------------+------------+----------|
       |    -	  |  ^C   | To perform	  |	-      | Re-enter |
       |	  |	  | reverse	  |	       | into the |
       |	  |	  | conversion	  |	       | input or |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | insert   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | mode	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | (if press|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | once )   |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |    +	  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | Perform  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | reverse  |
       |	  |	  |		  |	       |conversion|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | (if press|
       |	  |	  |		  |	       | twice )  |
	----------------------------------------------------------

								    13 May 1992 							   CKEY(7)
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