Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:04:09 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: JacobRhoden <f3z@iprimus.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backspace and Delete keys under PuTTY Message-ID: <20021211090409.GA67254@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au> References: <200212111052.40010.f3z@iprimus.com.au>
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On 2002-12-11 10:52, 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*) Neither. I'd make it easy to configure the client differently, instead :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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