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[Wizard]

Hi there,
I have a problem where when I try to name a dwarf or something then make a mistake and press delete (backspace on a windows computer i think). I found a thread that describes how you fix this problem by modifying key bindings, but I just couldn't figure it out.
Could someone please give me clear instructions as to how to do this?

Many thanks.

[Syff]

Firstly, it's on the bugtracker.

Go to /init/interface.txt and find this part.

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...
[BIND:STRING_A126:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:~]
[BIND:STRING_A127:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:]
[BIND:STRING_A128:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:€]
...
While it may look blank, there's a character under STRING_A127.  Change that to something else, and things should work fine.  I usually just do this.

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...
[BIND:STRING_A126:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:~]
[BIND:STRING_A127:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:€]
[BIND:STRING_A128:REPEAT_SLOW]
[KEY:€]
...Because honestly, I'm never gonna be entering that character anyway.

Hope that helps.

[Jeoshua]

Seems like the problem is that the OS is sending the raw key information (the "triangle" or "Delta" is often the representation of ASCII 127, the delete character) and DF is just using it.  That's very very strange.

[Forumite]

I have the same problem, but holding shift-delete for a few seconds fixes it by deleting the whole line.

[Wizard]

Thanks guys, perfect!