* Nicolas Rachinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-14 07:24:43 +0200]: > * Jim Osborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-05-13 21:11:57 -0700]: > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:12:48PM -0600, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: > > > What exactly are you referring to when you say ^H? The backspace key? Or > > > the actual ^H character? > > > > Sorry, that "^H" notation is an old Unix convention for Control-H--- > > the control key pressed simultaneously with the "h" key. I used both > > "Control-H" and "^H" in my original post interchangably, thinking it > > might be less boring. Maybe it was just confusing. Some archaeological > > terminals made it difficult or impossible to distinguish the code for > > ^H from BS, since the ascii for H is 0x48 and BS is 0x08, and Control > > typically drops the high bit. But modern keyboards and tty drivers > > easily can tell the two apart. > > That's not always true. Look at the output of "stty -a" if it contains > something like "erase=^H" then your Backspacekey (if it's working) is > producing ^H.
Or try the following: open cat, type something (without newline) and now try ^H. Nicolas
