* [9fans] An idiot question
@ 2007-05-13 0:28 Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 0:33 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-13 0:37 ` Steve Simon
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From: Kim Shrier @ 2007-05-13 0:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I was experimenting with my new Plan 9 setup and I typed
cat /mnt/wsys/wctl
It proceeded to output information about the current window
and dutifully reported when I moved or resized it.
My question is, how to I terminate cat and get back to my
command prompt?
Kim
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 0:28 [9fans] An idiot question Kim Shrier
@ 2007-05-13 0:33 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-13 1:10 ` Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 0:37 ` Steve Simon
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From: erik quanstrom @ 2007-05-13 0:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
with the delete key. (assuming you're running rio.)
- erik
On Sat May 12 20:28:49 EDT 2007, kim@tinker.com wrote:
> I was experimenting with my new Plan 9 setup and I typed
>
> cat /mnt/wsys/wctl
>
> It proceeded to output information about the current window
> and dutifully reported when I moved or resized it.
>
> My question is, how to I terminate cat and get back to my
> command prompt?
>
> Kim
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 0:28 [9fans] An idiot question Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 0:33 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2007-05-13 0:37 ` Steve Simon
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Steve Simon @ 2007-05-13 0:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> My question is, how to I terminate cat and get back to my
> command prompt?
Just type <del>
-Steve
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 0:33 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2007-05-13 1:10 ` Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 1:18 ` andrey mirtchovski
2007-05-13 1:26 ` erik quanstrom
0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Kim Shrier @ 2007-05-13 1:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I am running rio. The delete key isn't working. If I type
some characters the delete key does back up and delete them.
When I get to the beginning of the line, nothing happens.
I'll look into seeing if it is mapped to return something
other than del.
Kim
On May 12, 2007, at 6:33 PM, erik quanstrom wrote:
> with the delete key. (assuming you're running rio.)
>
> - erik
>
> On Sat May 12 20:28:49 EDT 2007, kim@tinker.com wrote:
>> I was experimenting with my new Plan 9 setup and I typed
>>
>> cat /mnt/wsys/wctl
>>
>> It proceeded to output information about the current window
>> and dutifully reported when I moved or resized it.
>>
>> My question is, how to I terminate cat and get back to my
>> command prompt?
>>
>> Kim
>
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 1:10 ` Kim Shrier
@ 2007-05-13 1:18 ` andrey mirtchovski
2007-05-13 1:32 ` Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 1:26 ` erik quanstrom
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From: andrey mirtchovski @ 2007-05-13 1:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
could you perhaps be confusing the backspace and delete keys? that
would happen if you were using a mac keyboard (the backspace is marked
as "delete" there). i am running drawterm on a mac here and have to
press fn+delete (the function key and what is normally backspace) to
emulate the "del" of a 101-key keyboard.
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 1:10 ` Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 1:18 ` andrey mirtchovski
@ 2007-05-13 1:26 ` erik quanstrom
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2007-05-13 1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
your keyboard may be labled strangly. if you have a
101-key keyboard, the delete key should be in the lower
left in the set of six above the arrow keys to the right
of the querty layout.
here's a picture
http://horstmann.com/bigj/help/windows/keyboard.gif
if that doesn't work, perhaps backspace
and delete have been swapped?
in all cases <compose>+X007f will get you an according-to-hoyle
delete. to type this double-vulcan nerve pinch on a pc style
keyboard, hold down <alt><shift>X at the same time then
type the caracters '0' '0' '7' 'f'. (no need to sacrifice a goat. a chicken
will do.) this is 007f is the unicode codepoint which corrisponds
to <del>. i don't know what <compose> maps to on non-pc
keyboards.
- erik
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 1:18 ` andrey mirtchovski
@ 2007-05-13 1:32 ` Kim Shrier
2007-05-13 6:06 ` Bruce Ellis
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From: Kim Shrier @ 2007-05-13 1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
fn+delete works perfectly.
Thanks.
Kim
On May 12, 2007, at 7:18 PM, andrey mirtchovski wrote:
> could you perhaps be confusing the backspace and delete keys? that
> would happen if you were using a mac keyboard (the backspace is marked
> as "delete" there). i am running drawterm on a mac here and have to
> press fn+delete (the function key and what is normally backspace) to
> emulate the "del" of a 101-key keyboard.
>
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* Re: [9fans] An idiot question
2007-05-13 1:32 ` Kim Shrier
@ 2007-05-13 6:06 ` Bruce Ellis
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Ellis @ 2007-05-13 6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
great info. i have a few mac usb keyboards (they last longer
than iMacs and get discarded on the street - with f*cked iMac).
i've always wanted a del from them.
thanks,
brucee
On 5/13/07, Kim Shrier <kim@tinker.com> wrote:
> fn+delete works perfectly.
>
> Thanks.
> Kim
>
> On May 12, 2007, at 7:18 PM, andrey mirtchovski wrote:
>
> > could you perhaps be confusing the backspace and delete keys? that
> > would happen if you were using a mac keyboard (the backspace is marked
> > as "delete" there). i am running drawterm on a mac here and have to
> > press fn+delete (the function key and what is normally backspace) to
> > emulate the "del" of a 101-key keyboard.
> >
>
>
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