Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 14:22:55 +0100 (MEZ) From: me@dude.pcs.dec.com ( Michael Elbel ) To: ugen@netvision.net.il (Ugen J.S.Antsilevich) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal) Message-ID: <m0rlckT-0005f9C@dude.pcs.dec.com> In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.950306143732.ugen@ugen.NetManage.co.il> from "Ugen J.S.Antsilevich" at Mar 6, 95 02:34:47 pm
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> >But having to tell new > >FreeBSD users that they have to put a 'stty erase ^h' in .login or > >.profile of *each and every* user of their system is just plain > >unnecessary complication of affairs. > Hmm..this can be done by default in default /etc/.cshrc and friends,then > those who hate ^H to be erase by default can be happy,and ^H will work... > BTW that's the first thing i even do on my systems after installation.. > Not only FreeBSD but even SunOS has this problemm... > Yes, it can be done, but that would be plain bogus (IMO). We'd have to put this in as default, e.g. into /etc/profile and /etc/csh.login. This is a *default*. Why kludge it in two places if it can be fixed in one. *And* we'd have to deal with the complaints when people open xterms without using the -ls option, *and* it wouldn't work in single user mode. Michael -- Michael Elbel, Digital-PCS GmbH, Muenchen, Germany - me@FreeBSD.org Fermentation fault (coors dumped)
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