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Re: rxvt, vim, ^? backspace [SOLVED]



On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:04:20PM +1000, CaT wrote:
> 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.

Yup, that did the trick.  Many thanks.

-Rob



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