I emerged rxvt-unicode, and ran vim inside the urxvt terminal. The backspace key didn't work but printed funny chars instead. I followed the info in http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard/keyboard.html#terminfo and noticed I didn't have a /etc/terminfo/u/urxvt file. So I duplicated /etc/terminfo/r/rxvt and now it works. Now, it is a bit odd, as I get: $ echo $TERM rxvt Which should, as far as i understand, make the rxvt be used. But i guess it doesn't. I thought of adding a symlink from (prefix)/r/rxvt to (prefix)/u/urxvt, and can offer a simple patch for it. But perhaps there is an actual problem to solve here? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge rxvt-unicode vim 2. enter insert mode, write something and then try to erase it using the backspace key. Actual Results: Notice funny chars entered. Expected Results: chars being erased.
Not reproducible at all... # equery f rxvt-unicode | grep terminfo /usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode-8.2/rxvt-unicode.terminfo.bz2 /usr/share/terminfo /usr/share/terminfo/r /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode $ echo $TERM rxvt-unicode [ebuild R ] x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-8.2 USE="iso14755 perl truetype" 0 kB
I also get: $ equery f rxvt-unicode |grep terminfo /usr/share/doc/rxvt-unicode-8.1/rxvt-unicode.terminfo.bz2 /usr/share/terminfo /usr/share/terminfo/r /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode However: $ echo $TERM rxvt [ebuild R ] x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-8.1 USE="iso14755 perl truetype" 0 kB
Well, then set your TERM properly? What's exactly the issue here? :)
(In reply to comment #3) > Well, then set your TERM properly? What's exactly the issue here? :) You are correct. I found the cause to this in this line I had in my .Xdefaults file: urxvt*termName: rxvt Thanks!
OK, I guess this can be closed now. ;)
