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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:27:58 +0200
From:      Jordan Gordeev <jgordeev@dir.bg>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Backspace key "<-" not mapping to ^H
Message-ID:  <45E52EFE.9000301@dir.bg>
In-Reply-To: <20070228035543.GA77041@thought.org>
References:  <20070228035543.GA77041@thought.org>

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Gary Kline wrote:
> 	I'm not sure whether this just in Ubuntu or in the Gnome desktop
> 	or what, but for days, when I type mail in vi in mutt, sometimes
> 	I get a "^?" when I hit the backspace.  ^H still works to back up
> 	and correct my typos, but that's lots more work that what my
> 	fingers are accustomed to.  It may be when I'm ssh'd across
> 	servers.  I thought I'd ask here before I dig into this.  I think
> 	a new xterm was recently updated in ports; not  sure if tat is a
> 	factor or not.
> 
> 	xev understands that the b'space key is a backspace and tells me
> 	the keycode.  Should I just us xmodmaprc to fix this?  thanks
> 	for any clues!!
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 
> 
See stty(1) and termios(4). You should modify the erase or erase2 values.



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