Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

[Robert Pintarelli <loki@sol.wohnheim.uni-ulm.de>]

On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 03:39:17PM -0700, Oz Dror wrote:
> On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character
> 
> the backspace character defaults to the delete character
> 
> how can I change this default.
> 

you can define your backspace character with
stty erase ^v<key>

if have this in my .bashrc/.bash_profile

if [ $TERM = "xterm-debian" ]; then
	stty erase 
fi

^? is generated by pressing <strg v> and then <backspace>

HTH robert

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