Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 09:00:04 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console backspace ^H Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9905070858140.5713-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <37313921.D0BD89D8@uk.radan.com>
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On Thu, 6 May 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> Jim Pazarena wrote:
> >
> > I rlogin into my FreeBSD machine, and the default shell
> > can't seem to figure out that I want to backspace and all it
> > does is echo back '^H'.
> >
> > If I use the bash shell, backspace works as I expect it.
> >
> > What do I have to do to get the default shell to *also* perform
> > a backspace instead of an echo of ^H
> > ?
>
> ``stty erase ^H'', where ``^H'' is typed by hitting the backspace key.
>
I personally hate control characters in my .login file - so what I do
is to enter:
stty erase '^h'
literally. There are no control characters in the above line.
--
Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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