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   Message 15,994 of 16,010   
   Daniel to All   
   Re: Weirdness with backspace on python a   
   20 Oct 25 12:00:01   
   
   MSGID: <87h5vul9u1.fsf@rpi3> acb66326   
   REPLY:  664fa834   
   PID: PyGate 1.5   
   TID: PyGate/Linux 1.5   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 1100   
   REPLYADDR me@sc1f1dan.com   
   REPLYTO 3:633/10 UUCP   
   Christian Sacks  writes:   
      
   > On 15 Oct 2025, Daniel said the following...   
   >   
   >  Da> each key I press. I don't care if arrows work or not. But I'd like   
   >  Da> backspace to work as designed instead of spamming my screen.   
   >  Da>   
   >  Da> Key              Output   
   >  Da> Backspace        ^H   
   >  Da> Right arrow      ^[[C   
   >  Da> Left Arrow       ^[[D   
   > When calling the script from the menu editor, do something like;   
   > Command | (DD) Exec external program   
   > Data    | stty erase '^H' && /mystic/themes/default/scripts/scriptname.sh   
   > That's how I got around the backspace as delete issue, this should   
   > help you find the answer to the other keys too.   
   > Cheers!   
   > .... We all live in a yellow subroutine...   
      
   Thank you so much broham. It appears, though, I can only implement   
   one. When I do:   
      
   stty erase '^[[C' && stty erase '^DD' && stty erase '^H' ...   
   the arrow keys still output the junk.    
      
      
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