Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:04:05 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote. Message-ID: <20090523060358.GA9596@thought.org>
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guys, here's a bug with how the backspace key doesn't work across computers. i'm not sure if there were troubles going from FBSD to FBSD, but there is when i ssh from my ubuntu platform to my main desktop. i do this to edit files or for replying to mutt mail using vi. going from ethos [ubuntu] to tao [fbsd] and using vi, the backspace key is translated to \177 and is echoed as "^?". it does not erase. i have to type % stty erase ^V [backspacekey] to fix this problem. otherwise, to erase a character, i have to type a control-H. it is exact the same problem going from fbsd to ubunto. has anybody seen this before? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 4.91a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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