Literal next (^V) - bug or feature - ALWAYS returns system xterm value --

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Create for my account a ".terminfo/78/xterm" w/DEL = \177.
2.^V<DEL> gives ^[[3~
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
\177 (^?)                    ^[[3~

What versions of mintty, Cygwin/MSYS, and Windows are you using?

mintty --version returns
mintty 1.1.3
(C) 2013 Andy Koppe

cygwin-1.7.25 (What is MSYS?)

Windows Vista Home Basic SP2 32-bit

I want to use DEL in `stty intr ^?' (my interrupt character).  I know, I know, 
this isn't done anymore.  I have been using DEL for 31 years on ALL other Unixy 
OSs.  Apparently, cygwin just has to be different (;-}).

It would be nice if mintty had a "Delete is DEL" like the xterm program has.  
Something to go along with mintty's existing "Backspace is BS" that already 
exists.

FWIW - I have not replaced xterm in the system terminfo (yet) but I did use 
`setx' to generate an environmental TERMINFO variable pointing at the account's 
.terminfo.  Apparently, mintty doesn't read it.

--  Thanks

Original issue reported on code.google.com by a...@purdue.edu on 6 Oct 2013 at 2:57

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Actually, the "Backarrow key", the one above your Return key, is DEL with 
mintty - like you may be used to on classical keyboards. Only the other DEL 
key, in the "numeric keypad", is an escape sequence. So you should be fine if 
you just use the key that you are used to :)

Original comment by towom...@googlemail.com on 16 Feb 2015 at 3:34