Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 22:30:21 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: "William R. Somsky" <wrsomsky@halcyon.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stty erase ^H ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980315222753.12103B-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199803160612.WAA00415.gramarye.wrsomsky@halcyon.com>
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On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, William R. Somsky wrote: > Since we're getting ready for a release, I'll ask this. Sorry if it's > something that was decided and I missed it. But here goes anyway: > > Wasn't there some discussion at one time about making the default > stty mode be erase ^H (backspace), since that is what our default > console keymapping makes the key that you would normally hit to > do an erase operation, ie, the backspace key actually sends a backspace? It somewhat depends on your terminal. The console sends a ^H when backspace is hit. Some terminals don't even have a backspace, and some user map delete to backspace. But I do believe that ^H is the default for terminals already. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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