On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 08:21:21AM +0100, Herbert Gasiorowski 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? > > > > Me too: but not only in vi, even in xterm! > I've only seen this on machines where I've *upgraded* from an earlier fedora. On fresh installs, everything works fine. Here's my stty -a output from the upgraded machine: $ stty -a speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; and the freshly installed FC3 machine: $ stty -a speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; The reason appears to be a change in /etc/bashrc: $ diff /etc/bashrc /etc/bashrc.rpmnew 21,29d15 < if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]; then < if [ "x`tput kbs`" != "x" ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal < stty erase `tput kbs` < elif [ -x /usr/bin/wc ]; then < if [ "`tput kbs|wc -c `" -gt 0 ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal < stty erase `tput kbs` < fi < fi < fi dunno the details of this, but when I mended my bashrc, I now get on my upgraded machine: $ stty -a speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0; intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; HTH, Tim Fenn -- Morals? I eat communism and $h!t America, brother. --Seanbaby
