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On Wednesday, August 29 at 03:53 PM, quoth Vim Visual:
> I ssh to a linux box to check the email. This is more convenient
> because that pc is part of a cluster and is being backup'ed every
> night...
>
> When I ssh it from my OpenBSD laptop mutt is behaving well but for
> ONE thing: backspace does not work, so that I cannot scroll up the
> screen... I get a "this key has not been defined" message, but it
> has because when I physically log in on that box, it is working and,
> when I use mutt from the very openbsd laptop, backspace is also
> working fine. It is only the combination openbsd laptop + ssh tunnel
> to a linux box what breaks backspace...
>
> any hint??
This is a typical problem when going between Xterms on different
systems. There are a couple quick solutions:
1. press control and left-click on your xterm, and select "Backarrow
Key (BS/DEL)"
2. type `stty erase ` and then ctrl-v and then hit backspace, then hit
enter
For more permanent (and more portable) resolution, check this out:
http://www.hypexr.org/linux_roboff.php
~Kyle
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great pleasure.
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