Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 06:35:56 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: backspace-key and ^H when ssh -X remote. Message-ID: <20090523103556.GA2331@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <20090523060358.GA9596@thought.org> References: <20090523060358.GA9596@thought.org>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:04:05PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > guys, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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=20 >=20 > % stty erase ^V [backspacekey] >=20 > 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.=20 > has anybody seen this before? probably (outside of Linux and a few special cases such as Cygwin, "everyone" else uses ^H for backspace - all of the BSD's and all of the vendor Unix's). --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFKF9GKtIqByHxlDocRAs7UAJ4uqeAh4WfAwxKHoLPbPVRv6wyRvQCgjmPj N7GnRDLwPDVN8h4zffyQSt4= =Pf57 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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