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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 18:46:50 CST

Dear Cesar,
  You can change your .vmdrc script to invoke stty or you
can use xmodmap to set the delete keys for your X-Windows session. This
is really an issue with your system's X-Windows setup, not specifically
VMD. The stty command is probably the easiest thing to use, you can
just invoke it from your .vmdrc like this:
  stty erase ^H
or
  stty erase ^?

Depending on which keys you want to be erase...

Alternately, you could setup TkCon with your VMD and ignore the
regular VMD console except when reading output:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/script_library/scripts/tkcon/

TkCon allows you to use the up/down arrows and has syntax highlighting
and other features, so its more powerful in several ways...

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

> From: "Cesar Delgado" <cdelgad2_at_bigred.unl.edu>
> To: <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Backspace and delete
> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:40:16 -0600
>
> I'm running VMD 1.8 on a RH7.2 box. I'm having problems with the VMD
> console that comes up. Neither the backspace key or the delete key work
> and all I get is garbage. The bad part is, when I hit enter, sometimes
> the command line gets stuck with a "?" like it's expecting me to close a
> curly brace or something. Is there anyway I can set VMD to recognize
> the backspace and delete keys correctly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Cesar Delgado
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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> font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m running VMD 1.8 on a RH7.2 box.<span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I&#8217;m having problems with =
> the VMD
> console that comes up.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; =
> </span>Neither the
> backspace key or the delete key work and all I get <span =
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> garbage.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>The bad part is, =
> when I hit
> enter, sometimes the command line gets stuck with a &#8220;?&#8221; like =
> it&#8217;s
> expecting me to close a curly brace or something.<span
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>Is there anyway I can set VMD =
> to recognize
> the backspace and delete keys correctly?<span =
> style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;
> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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> <p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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