On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 21:24 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > After upgrading from FC1 to FC3 I've noticed vi no longer backspaces > > properly in insert mode. It puts up a ^? character instead. Has anyone > > else noticed this? > > I haven't, and I'm typing this in vi. > > You're gonig to have to give more details. Are you opning vi in a > terminal window Yes > (which terminal emulator are you using?), The stock GNOME Terminal 2.7.3 > or are you > using the "gvim" separate window? No > What is $TERM set to? xterm > If you're using the standard gnome-terminal, and on the Edit menu choose > Current Profile, what do you see in the Compatibility tab? Backspace key generates [ ASCII DEL ] Delete key generates [ Escape sequence ] Incidentally, these settings exactly match those of my RHEL3 system, which works fine. Their /etc/vimrc files are quite different, but vimrc and bashrc seem to be in constant flux from one release to the next. -- Doc Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL Fedora Core 3 kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p "Perfection is the enemy of good enough." -- Admiral of the Fleet Sergei G. Gorshkov