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Old 02-15-2008, 04:28 PM
chabral
 
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Default Re: another newbie question

"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> In article <41ae1262$0$66404$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>,
> chabral <chabral@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Hi,
> > Is there a way to have the "backspace" key behave as it does in linux,

I
> >mean, deleting the character to the left of the cursor instead of causing

a
> >"break" or "abort" action?

>
> > I'm using the bash shell, but with sh is the same.

>
> That's the original standard VT100/VT102 definitions set by
> DEC over 2 decades ago.
>
> In a follow up post you said you were using putty.
>
> When you bring up putty go to 'configuration' and under
> 'terminal' change the backspace key from 127 to ctrl-H.
>
> You have 6 choices for how the Escape key acts. Linux, and SCO
> are two choices, Xterm, VT400 and Vt100 are others and
> the default is Esc[n~
>
> Bill
> --
> Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com


Thank you all for your help. Now it works perfectly!
By the way, if any of you have midnigth commander working under SCO, I've
another post about it
Best regards,

--
chabral


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