From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 27 00:40:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA13862 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:40:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA13846 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:40:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost.lan.awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA15466; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:35:18 GMT Message-Id: <199703270835.IAA15466@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Terry Lambert cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), imp@village.org, andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk, brian@utell.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backspace = ^H - ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH ! In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:14:49 MST." <199703262214.PAA28880@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:35:18 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The default erase character for the console should be "^H" to match > the default console behaviour. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org Wow, now I know why Jordan's so pissed off about this discussion.... My home machine's been down for a while and I've only read the stuff cc'd to me at work ! All I'm suggesting now is the above - erase = ^h by default and the stty is removed from /.profile (and whatever other . files have it). This will break very little existing hacks and will make things consistent (even X should work by default). Whether it's right or wrong, I don't care - I don't believe in religion. Any disagreements (please, nobody answer) ? -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....