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How do I get the delete key to work in nano?

Asked by lw

Neither gnome-terminal nor xfce4-terminal seem to be able to use the Delete key properly to delete text to the right of the cursor. Auto-detect, ASCII DEL, Escape sequence and the Control-H all cause the cusor to erase text to the left of the cursor.

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

Try the following:

1) Open gnome-terminal
2) Goto: Edit->Profile Preferences->Compatability
3) Press "Reset Capability options to default"
4) In the terminal run:

sudo nano /etc/nanorc

change: set rebinddelete
to: unset rebinddelete

5) Save and close the file.
6) Test out your delete key in nano and see if it works like you want it to.

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lw (lw-lavabit) said : 		#2

Thanks Steven Danna, that solved my question.