From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 02:11:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DD9B16A4CE for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:11:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.parodius.com (mail.parodius.com [64.62.145.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AFBF43D45 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:11:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jdc@pentarou.parodius.com) Received: from pentarou.parodius.com (jdc@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.parodius.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8L2BfIB078037 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:11:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdc@pentarou.parodius.com) Received: (from jdc@localhost) by pentarou.parodius.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i8L2Bfsj078036 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:11:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdc) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:11:41 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Current Message-ID: <20040921021141.GA77929@parodius.com> Mail-Followup-To: Current References: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: BETA4 Vi backspace behavior X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:11:42 -0000 stty -a. Look at `erase'. `erase2' is not supported by "a lot" of apps, but more and more seem to be supporting it. I've a PR that's still open, in attempt to get less/more to support erase2. Also, if you're not truly on the FreeBSD VGA console, cons25 is incorrect. In that case, try xterm or vt100. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. | On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:51:48PM -0400, Mike B wrote: > Sorry if this is already addressed or is a non-issue. If I enter text > into vi (or vim for that matter) and hit the backspace key the cursor > runs over the text but does not remove it from the screen. If I then hit > escape after backing over all of this text it is then, and only then, > removed from the buffer. On my 4.x systems vi and vim work as I expect > with no intervention on my part. My term is set to cons25 btw. Thanks > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"