#10877 NORM Future : Fn+erase does not delete

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#10877: Fn+erase does not delete
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           Reporter:  sridhar    |       Owner:  sayamindu                         
               Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                               
           Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  Future Release                    
          Component:  keyboards  |     Version:  1.5 Software Build os64 aka 10.1.0
         Resolution:             |    Keywords:                                    
        Next_action:  diagnose   |    Verified:  0                                 
Deployment_affected:             |   Blockedby:                                    
           Blocking:             |  
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Changes (by Quozl):

  * owner:  => sayamindu
  * next_action:  never set => diagnose
  * component:  not assigned => keyboards
  * version:  1.5/1.0 Software Build os860 aka 10.1.3 => 1.5 Software Build
              os64 aka 10.1.0
  * milestone:  Not Triaged => Future Release


Comment:

 Daniel's question still stands ... why should Fn+erase delete characters
 and not behave as if erase was pressed on its own?  Here's a potential
 answer ... http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Keyboard says that if you are looking
 for a Delete key, use Fn+erase.

 Using Terminal, xev, shows the following results:

 ||''OLPC OS''||''build''||''erase keysym''||''Fn+erase keysym''||
 ||8.2.1||os802||BackSpace||Delete||
 ||10.1.3||os860||BackSpace||BackSpace||
 ||11.2.0||os19||BackSpace||BackSpace||

 Therefore this is a regression from 8.2.1 to 10.1.x and is still a
 regression in 11.2.0 development builds.

 If any release engineer wants to take it into their next release, please
 change milestone accordingly.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10877#comment:3>
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