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> Thanks for the info Doug.  A friend of mine set me on the right path.  I 
> have been using vi in linux, except it was not vi.  Vi was aliased to 
> vim.  I had installed vim on my FreeBSD server the other day, but that 
> did not fix it.  I found out that it has to be run with 'set nocp' so 
> that it does not run in vi compatibility mode.
> 
> I did this and now my backspace and delete work like I want them to. :)
> 
> I appreciate the replies.

For vim, my favorite is this:
cp /usr/local/share/vim/vim70/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc


Regards,
  Lars