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Date:      Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:49:00 +0000 ()
From:      Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <lenzi@bsi.com.br.bsi.com.br>
To:        Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Screen Termcap
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960115084712.480C-100000@lenzi.bsi.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <kkyQ71q00YUtALWW1M@andrew.cmu.edu>

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On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, Matthew Jason White wrote:

> I recently installed screen 3.06.02 (from the 2.1 ports collection) and
> I'm having a little trouble with my termcap entry.  I'm using the PCVT
> console driver.  When I log in with a tcsh shell and TERM=vt220,
> evrything works fine.  When I use screen, tcsh still works fine, but any
> programs I run underneath it don't read backspace correctly (I get ^H
> instead).  This is very annoying.  I've looked at my termcap entries and
> they *seem* to be okay, but I could be missing something.
> 
> Anyone got ideas on where to look?

This happens because the erase character is not backspace.


Try setting up your profile (etc or home) to setup a command for stty:
stty erase ^H 




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