Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:17:58 +0000 From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me "^?" Message-ID: <200709150117.58753.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <20070915010103.GA54302@thought.org> References: <20070915010103.GA54302@thought.org>
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On Saturday 15 September 2007 01:01:03 Gary Kline wrote: > Sometimes when I ssh from a remote server and edit a file with > vi, my [Backspace keys] are not interpretered correctly. > Instead of erasing characters and backing up one byte and > clearing that character my cursor moves forward. > > Example: typing "This" as "thos" and backspacing to the 'o' > I'll see "thos^?^?" Can anybody 'splain what idiot thing i'm > doing wrong and how to fix it? > > tia, > > gary Does this also happen when you use vim? I wonder if you are really using vi and not ee or some other editor. I had many problems with vi so I did 'touch .vimrc' in my home directory cd ~ touch .vimrc I use vim rather than vi and if I remember correctly, when I first installed FreeBSD, 'vi' was actually a symlink to 'ee'. I might be wrong about that.
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