Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:30:33 -0700 From: Peter <fbsdq@kuyarov.org> To: JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>(by way of JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace and Delete keys under PuTTY Message-ID: <20021211003033.2906c4ec.fbsdq@kuyarov.org> In-Reply-To: <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au> References: <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:52:40 +1100 JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>(by way of JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>) wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:46, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > It's Linux that's stepping on standards. Their default config is to > > have erase=DEL. All other UNIX boxen I've used have erase=BACKASPCE. > > I suspect the PUTTY writers have been heavily influenced by Linux. > > I myself am going insane in an environment where every second box requires a > different setting (aaaargh!! and stuff). Is there a way to override the local > settings on the Linux/Solaris/etc... ? > > (Oh, and if you were writing an ssh client, would you default the settings to > the standard, or to what works on all your machines *grin*) > > Jacob Rhoden Phone: +61 3 8344 6102 > ITS Division Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au > Melbourne University Mobile: +61 403 788 386 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > This is the main reason I quit using Putty....I keep it around for emergencies, but I regularly I use the ssh client from ssh.com, a little bigger, but works much better. ---Peter--- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20021211003033.2906c4ec.fbsdq>