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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:53:57 -0600
From:      Michael Maxwell <drwho@xnet.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BACKSPACE v. DELETE
Message-ID:  <19990327005357.A12191@drwho.xnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903250651120.52335-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>; from Patrick Seal on Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 06:52:54AM -0500
References:  <19990324220533.A41467@stratos.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903250651120.52335-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net>

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On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 06:52:54AM -0500, Patrick Seal wrote:
> Add 
> 
> stty erase ^H             make sure it's literal (^V)
> 
> to your shell configuration files and it will always be that, no matter
> what.

It doesn't appear that it has to be a "literal ^H" character.  The string
works equally well:

 stty erase '^H'

And so on.


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    Michael Maxwell <drwho @ xnet.com>  |  http://www.xnet.com/~drwho/
       "American Justice: oxymoron.  William J. Clinton: moron."
                                                    --M. Maxwell (1999)


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