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Date:      Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:17:41 -0600
From:      "Burke Gallagher" <burke@gallagher.chicago.il.us>
To:        "Jerry Lei" <tylei@hotmail.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: set up stty erase BACKSPACE in .login
Message-ID:  <001901bf8872$34421ae0$0200a8c0@fatman2k>
References:  <20000307185013.67305.qmail@hotmail.com> <20000307120422.B11440@socrates.i-pi.com>

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Also be sure to check out Anne Baretta's page "Consistent BackSpace and
Delete Configuration"
http://www.ibbnet.org/~anne/keyboard/keyboardprev.html

burke

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Ingham" <ingham@i-pi.com>
To: "Jerry Lei" <tylei@hotmail.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: set up stty erase BACKSPACE in .login


> On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:50:13AM -0800, Jerry Lei wrote:
> > I try to set up stty erase BACKSPACE in .login.
> > However, I try to type "stty erase BACKSPACE" in .login (no quotation
mark
> > actually). Doesn't work. I can't really keyin "stty erase (push the key
of
> > BACKSPACE)", then of course I will get "stty erase"
> >
> > Can anyone give me a suggestion? Thanks
>
> Try:
> stty erase ^h
>
> Note that the last two characters are simply a ^ and a h
>
> Kenneth
>
>
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