Jun 03
There is an annoying problem with Ubuntu. Using the command line editor nano, the backspace key acts sometimes as the delete key (deleting the first character on the right and not on the left).
You can fix this by adding the following line to your /etc/nanorc file:
set rebinddelete
June 30th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Thank you for posting this. The exact same problem was plaguing me. Although learning vi would have also solved the “problem”… gotta find a good tutorial..
November 14th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Thank you! This was driving me crazy.
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Thank you! This kind of blog post I like: short, saving time and solving a problem
April 10th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Thanks for this! It was driving me nuts.