Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,
Actually it works fine in xterm, but it is converted to the DELETE character in
applications that
use ncurses
-Oz
Robert Pintarelli wrote:
> 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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