> One of the long-standing problems preventing Unix from being a
> user-friendly desktop OS is its handling of erase keys. There are
Not a kernel space issue
> often two such keys on a keyboard (Backspace and Delete), and which one
> works depends very much on context -- many text editing programs will
> only accept one of the erase-related characters (^H and ^?), and the
They do different things, they are different keys.
Erase character policy is precisely defined by posix. Fix problem apps.
Debian set a policy on this a long time back and have done wonders since
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