4gl backspace and linux

#1 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 05:29 PM

hello,
with linux (different distro) backspace key in a 4gl form is going
backward but doesn't erase.
i use termcap with kb=^h.
i have open a case with ibm. if somebody get a workaround or face the
same problem ?
thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 05:29 PM

On Oct 25, 12:32 pm, vomari...@yahoo.com wrote:
> hello,
> with linux (different distro) backspace key in a 4gl form is going
> backward but doesn't erase.
> i use termcap with kb=^h.
> i have open a case with ibm. if somebody get a workaround or face the
> same problem ?
> thanks.

Try 'stty erase ^h' before starting the 4GL. Like most modern UNIXes
on Linux the terminal's erase is mapped to <del> by default.
Annoying, but a fact of life.

Art S. Kagel

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