From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 04:09:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA10117 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:09:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwbone.bsi.com.br ([200.250.250.14]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA10110 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 04:09:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from lenzi.bsi.com.br (calli.bsi.com.br [200.250.250.79]) by cwbone.bsi.com.br (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA00579; Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:08:29 GMT Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 08:49:00 +0000 () From: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi To: Matthew Jason White cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen Termcap In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 14 Jan 1996, Matthew Jason White wrote: > I recently installed screen 3.06.02 (from the 2.1 ports collection) and > I'm having a little trouble with my termcap entry. I'm using the PCVT > console driver. When I log in with a tcsh shell and TERM=vt220, > evrything works fine. When I use screen, tcsh still works fine, but any > programs I run underneath it don't read backspace correctly (I get ^H > instead). This is very annoying. I've looked at my termcap entries and > they *seem* to be okay, but I could be missing something. > > Anyone got ideas on where to look? This happens because the erase character is not backspace. Try setting up your profile (etc or home) to setup a command for stty: stty erase ^H