Which key are your using to erase the incorrect character? I have been on
several systems where 'Backspace' gives me a ^H, but the 'Delete' key
works fine.
Cat
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Mary P. Wood wrote:
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> Be gentle ... I'm a big-time Linux/Unix beginner.
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> My Unix class is actually working on Linux RedHat 5.2. I
> telnet to the server from home. A friend and I are playing with
> talk and write to send messages back and forth. I think we've
> got talk down, but here's the problem with write: How, if at
> all, do I correct my butterfinger typing when I'm sending a write
> message? When I backspace, the bad typing remains and I get
> a ^H in addition to it. Any way around that?
>
> - - Mary; learning to crawl.
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> "More than any other emotion, melancholy
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