On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 03:39:17PM -0700, Oz Dror wrote:
> On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character
>
> the backspace character defaults to the delete character
>
> how can I change this default.
>
you can define your backspace character with
stty erase ^v<key>
if have this in my .bashrc/.bash_profile
if [ $TERM = "xterm-debian" ]; then
stty erase
fi
^? is generated by pressing <strg v> and then <backspace>
HTH robert
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