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Date:      Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:27:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Mike B <meb@cinci.rr.com>
Cc:        Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   BETA4 Vi backspace behavior
Message-ID:  <200409210427.i8L4RcsA061467@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com>
References:  <414F8934.4080509@cinci.rr.com>

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<<On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:51:48 -0400, Mike B <meb@cinci.rr.com> said:

> Sorry if this is already addressed or is a non-issue. If I enter text 
> into vi (or vim for that matter) and hit the backspace key the cursor 
> runs over the text but does not remove it from the screen.

I have never known vi(1) to behave in any other way, going back to
FreeBSD 1.1.

-GAWollman



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