Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:17:35 -0600 From: Christopher Taylor <chris@thedial.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backspace in 'screen' Message-ID: <3797987F.A0BDAB4F@thedial.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990722170346.27774J-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > > Is there anyone out there who has been able to get the backspace key to > > work in screen? > > > > I've tried... > > 1. deleting /etc/termcap > > 2. setting TERM to various different settings and running 'tset' > > 3. setting it manually by 'set erase ^H' > > > > Nothings seems to work. I am running screen from and rxvt window. TERM > > is set to 'xterm' in the rxvt window and 'screen' once screen has > > started. Backspace works fine everywhere else, but does not work in > > screen > > rxvt has a _REALLY STUPID_ default for backspace, try adding this > to your .Xdefaults: > > Rxvt.backspacekey: ^H > > and restart X. That worked...thx --Chris -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christopher Taylor Technical Director Earth Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) 415 East 200 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 phone: (801) 322-3949 cell: (801) 541-8287 email: chris@thedial.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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