Command ($ or #) line; smart completion?

[Nat Gross]

On 11/29/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> At 2:50 PM -0500 11/29/05, Nat Gross wrote:
> >On 11/29/05, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> >...
> >> In bash readline, Page Up and Page Down move to the beginning and end of
> >> command history.  The end is blank, unless you are part way through typing
> >> a command.
> >That's a neat way of getting back to current input.
> >
> >> >About delete and backspace (mentioned in a later post) ....  Yeah,
> >> >this can be a can of worms.  You *might* find something useful in
> >> >the "keyboard how-to" (Google for Linux and "keyboard how-to").
> >>
> >> Umm, if I understand the question, Backspace and Delete work right for me.
> >For me, they both do the same thing, delete the left char.
> >I want del to delete the char underneath the cursor.
> >(Note: this problem in gnome terminal only.)
>
> Check the Current Profile settings in gnome-terminal; on mine, the
> Compatibility tab has "Backspace key generates: ASCII DEL" and "Delete key
> generates: Escape sequence".
Yes! I hit the "reset to default" button in that panel, and voila!
Thank you!
-nat