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Date:      Wed, 11 Dec 2002 00:30:33 -0700
From:      Peter <fbsdq@kuyarov.org>
To:        JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>(by way of JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Backspace and Delete keys under PuTTY
Message-ID:  <20021211003033.2906c4ec.fbsdq@kuyarov.org>
In-Reply-To: <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au>
References:  <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au>

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:52:40 +1100
JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>(by way of JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au>) wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:46, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> > It's Linux that's stepping on standards. Their default config is to
> > have erase=DEL. All other UNIX boxen I've used have erase=BACKASPCE.
> > I suspect the PUTTY writers have been heavily influenced by Linux.
> 
> I myself am going insane in an environment where every second box requires a
> different setting (aaaargh!! and stuff). Is there a way to override the local
> settings on the Linux/Solaris/etc... ?
> 
> (Oh, and if you were writing an ssh client, would you default the settings to
> the standard, or to what works on all your machines *grin*)
> 
> Jacob Rhoden            Phone: +61 3 8344 6102
> ITS Division            Email: jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au
> Melbourne University   Mobile: +61 403 788 386
> 
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	This is the main reason I quit using Putty....I keep it around for emergencies, but I regularly I use the ssh client from ssh.com, a little bigger, but works much better.
---Peter---

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