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Re: rxvt, vim, ^? backspace



On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 12:57:11AM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote:
> I'm experiencing a strange problem.  When using vim within rxvt I can
> backspace with no problems, yet when I ssh into another machine (running
> RH 7 unfortunatly) and attempt to use vim, my backspaces show up as ^?.
> I have 'set bs=2' in my .vimrc on the remote machine (not sure if it
> relates to this specific problem tho).  This is a machine I often read
> mail on so this problem is more than bit annoying.

stty -a

what do you have set for 'erase' on the remote box? I bet it's ^h. IF so
then

stty erase ^?

should set you straight.

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