Actually it works fine in xterm, but it is converted to the DELETE character in applications that use ncurses -Oz
Robert Pintarelli wrote: > 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 > > -- > in a world without fences, who needs gates? > -- das $yndikat lebt -- Abteilung Linux -- > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
