Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:39:03 +0300 (EEST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jon Nathan <jon+dated+1032556588.430003@rupture.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: screen backspace moves cursor but does not delete characters Message-ID: <20020917013511.J63541-100000@hades> In-Reply-To: <20020913211626.GA8303@froody.rupture.net>
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On 2002-09-13 17:16, Jon Nathan wrote: > I'm having a strange problem with screen. In certain places, when I > use the backspace key, it moves the cursor to the left but does not > delete the character that it was on. This happens in line-entry > places. Like the To: line in mutt, or the text-input buffer in tf > (tiny fugue), or the text-input buffer in naim (terminal aol im > client). To explain more fully, consider the following: This is almost always a terminal type problem. I have always included the following in my ~/.screenrc and never had any problems using screen on the FreeBSD consoles: term vt220 For that extra, special, taste of terminal fun, you can always start hacking away at the TERMCAP entry by playing with 'termcap' lines in your .screenrc :-) Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD: The Power to Serve keramida@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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