Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:10:03 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, 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: <199908190810.JAA00502@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:30:48 PDT." <19990818163048.L38690@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> > > > I suspect that vi is ignoring the terminal's erase character, wheras
> > > > libedit honours it. Try DEL instead.
> > > Tested. DEL works.
> >
> > Ok, so a restatement of my previous response: fix your terminal
> > settings and stop whining. 8)
>
> Nothing wrong with the termial settings -- this is a 100% stock toor's
> account logging in from the console (ie, cons25). Back space works
> otherwise correctly on the command line.
We've all read the threads - the fact that BS works *doesn't* mean
it's correct :-) I believe it's probably right in your case though -
it's behaving as it's supposed to.
I think everyone should bear in mind that libreadline accepts
*either* BS or DEL as ``erase the character before the cursor''
keys, whereas libedit accepts the terminal erase character only.
Of course I can't disagree with the readline author for doing this.
I would think it avoids a huge number of ``why doesn't my <-- key
work'' emails :-(
> --
> -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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