screen BS/DEL debian policy conformance

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Subject: screen BS/DEL debian policy conformance
From: Peter Kundrat <kundrat@gic.sk>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:53:39 +0200
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In-reply-to: <98May12.090608gmt.19715@gateway.dhi.dk>; from Anne Baretta on Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:05:13AM +0000
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Hi,

Some time ago there was a discussion about correct handling of BS and DEL 
keys and apps that need to be fixed. screen is/was one of those, that changed
the BS/DEL behaviour. screen windows generate ^H on BS. The version i checked
was 3.7.4-6.

Simple fix (in either /etc/screenrc or ~/.screenrc): 
bindkey -d -k kb stuff "\177"
termcapinfo * '' 'kb=\177'

Better fix would be to change the default BS behaviour in sources to be
policy conformant.

					pk

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Peter Kundrat
kundrat@gic.sk

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