Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:47:41 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/libreadline FREEBSD-upgrade rlstdc.h CHANGELOG CHANGES MANIFEST Makefile.in README aclocal.m4 bind.c callback.c complete.c configure configure.in display.c funmap.c histexpand.c histfile.c histlib.h history.c history.h input.c ... Message-ID: <199908182247.PAA01587@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:33:14 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908181732070.4840-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > Weird. Doesn't happen that way here...
> > >
> > > Esc-k brings up the previous command ('ls')
> > > 'A' moves the cursor to the end of the line.
> > > backspace deletes the 's' of 'ls'.
> >
> > Give `toor' a password and login on the console.
>
> Hummm... I get a BEL when I hit backspace.
>
> What is supposed to happen?
I suspect that vi is ignoring the terminal's erase character, wheras
libedit honours it. Try DEL instead.
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