Python shell interpreting delete key as tilde?

[Leif K-Brooks]

I'm running Python 2.3.5 and 2.4.1 under Debian Sarge. Instead of
deleting the character after the cursor, pressing my "delete" key in an
interactive Python window causes a system beep and inserts a tilde
character. This behavior occurs across all of the terminals I've tried
(xterm, Konsole, real Linux terminal), but does not occur when running
bash instead of python. Other Readline-provided functionality (moving
the cursor, history) seems to work fine.

The delete key was working fine in Python up until a few days ago, and I
don't remember making any changes that should have affected it.

If anyone knows what could be causing this problem, please explain. It's
driving me crazy!

[Fredrik Lundh]

Leif K-Brooks wrote:

I'm running Python 2.3.5 and 2.4.1 under Debian Sarge. Instead of
deleting the character after the cursor, pressing my "delete" key in an
interactive Python window causes a system beep and inserts a tilde
character.
that's probably because the delete key can be set up to send a "\e[3~"
sequence, and readline isn't properly configured to understand that.
This behavior occurs across all of the terminals I've tried
(xterm, Konsole, real Linux terminal), but does not occur when running
bash instead of python. Other Readline-provided functionality (moving
the cursor, history) seems to work fine.

The delete key was working fine in Python up until a few days ago, and I
don't remember making any changes that should have affected it.

If anyone knows what could be causing this problem, please explain. It's
driving me crazy!

this page might help:

http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html

or you could switch to a less lame operating system ;-) (duck).

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[Fuzzyman]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
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this page might help:

http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html

or you could switch to a less lame operating system ;-) (duck).
Not like you to duck when sending flames Fredrik ;-)

Fuzzy

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