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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: me@tartufo.pcs.dec.com, wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: backspace now broken (proposal)
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>>The default environment as provided by the kernel and sh(1) in
>>single-user mode should not require the presence of any dot files for
>>correct operation.  For that matter, this should be true in general.

>Amen. Now who's going to change CERASE from 0177 to 010?

I don't think CERASE should change, only the default erase character
for the console.  Changing it centrally would annoy anyone who logs
in from somewhere else end depends on the current default.

Bruce