From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Dec 20 12:38:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18828 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:38:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sar.anit.es (sar.anit.es [195.76.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18806 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swalk@anit.es) Received: from laptop (p34-siskin-gui.tch.virgin.net [194.168.73.154]) by sar.anit.es (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA21747; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 21:37:42 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981218224307.007d8d30@sar.anit.es> X-Sender: swalk@sar.anit.es X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:43:07 +0100 To: Evgeny Roubinchtein From: Steven Walker Subject: Re: vi & word documents Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19981218194002.007bc430@sar.anit.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, >You mean you keep seeing the ^H when you try to use the Backspace key to >delete? Sow^H if yuo^H^Hou mkae^H^H^Hake a mistake, you have hit ESC, >then hx? Most likely, it isn't about vi, but about the way your terminal >is set up. Are you using X or plain tty? With (t)csh, you may have luck >with > >set noglob >eval `tset -s` >unset noglob To be honest I am not sure. I will look when I return in January and will let you know. Thanks for the input. Steve > >in your .login (or .cshrc, depending on the situation). I am by no means >an expert, but with a bit more details, maybe we can figure this out. >It _is_ possible to get Backspace to work "as expected", I am pretty sure. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message