Re: FC4: backspace does not work in vi

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• From: Alexander Volovics <awol@xxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:49:06 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:48:38PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> Am Mi, den 15.06.2005 schrieb Alexander Volovics um 13:25:
 
> > What happened to 'backspace' in vi.
> > This works as it should in 'gnome-terminal' but backspace
> > in vi in an xterm gives ''.
 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155538

Thanks for the reference. Using the last suggestion, adding
'*ttyModes: erase ^?' to XTerm, fixed backspace when using vi(m)
in an xterm. 

But it does not work when using vi under mutt in an xterm!
There backspace still produces '^?'.

Alexander

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