On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 10:49:06PM +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote: > 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 That is strange because it changes the action of backspace both in normal vi and in mutt for me. -- ======================================================================= Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. -- Oscar Wilde ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484