From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id D59441EFDE3; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:35:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-it0-x22f.google.com (mail-it0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22f]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B25B41EFDDD for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:35:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-it0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id 198so37859433itw.0 for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:35:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :user-agent; bh=ESrRkwfufndWpbm324+1ET0lTGgFhzXO1OEqw8cEPKQ=; b=wATKrOyt5MYw8lIQASE+fhCCn+a0XImPvWgvmDJlhIyr272b092JlpuRibcxf23QIF CwzXwewEnA/k05CmiaBb1R/NFuuAkT3D8OHmRCS10xYMLsr9oAezQ3la4zGZ8gIOycpA 1A3HYxLu7L5TuWnjVvwbZ8n39uqFKi+RILU6T4/1TrRJkHBO4oQJKMsj4ICYBsS84yRV zvCTIUDj3sCqFssOZ7/aS2MshLqGGiiucsp7LtnH9XxBgxWqmM5ddzXwurN8BdDqtKA0 cw+7MyJDxYUvysw+vtUFYIr8RytIyNjDWFu3jwwvLoVVuK1jz3obIlfetwRn9TGL9BuZ KOXA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=ESrRkwfufndWpbm324+1ET0lTGgFhzXO1OEqw8cEPKQ=; b=eAQKwJ6IEU0XgEvk40fukebOAf4Bv2Qi09WI2A8cYdxbilsSJO4mukQf6UPnHoz3/+ YygE3dR7aDHCjZDSSykG8w4WJyMotU0bMjI8RUZdZt0oeFTWX+8q/y6XqfBHpULgOCrs Mnshfg/uh6kJF4NEduzeiF9XWRgC1F84cT4rFZoQrProeoqFXLyZt0eu+DHL8yRVAGZY 0deBn0fQfccQ8euAWfoNjhyy5lfoGzlOJrQF264WEdFALTuLSpWO/ByW3sNh4TyouJwu gt0XZsJytYbuiRlEzSeIlNnzH/45bZhmFq6L6zqxFFfSsoqSxdHUV7wJso7gAKyxJGIL Ejhw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvcAI8AZS4aUuRPq/21cfD3njNBye0p39igZ2t3dAualjCAM66Ng0GDt1BNbj85Wzw== X-Received: by 10.107.14.65 with SMTP id 62mr6335128ioo.142.1477154121181; Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from db (CPEc03fd54e25a1-CM00fc8d424d60.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com. [99.236.54.233]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j78sm1466495ita.6.2016.10.22.09.35.20 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:35:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:35:18 -0400 From: David To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: alpine and its editor Message-ID: <20161022163518.GA1321@db> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:35:29 -0000 I had this problem in lynx also. it is because they don't use a backspace character to erase the character. In my modded speakup I handle this correctly by registering the cursor position when backspace is pressed I set a short timer and check that it has moved one position and if so, say the character I stored when backspace was pressed. If you know how to build a kernel, you can try it.