On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 05:08:48PM -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> 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. Is there any possibility you have an "stty" command to set the erase character, in a .bash_profile or similar startup file somewhere? For a long time I did this, setting the erase character to control-H, and intermittently had the symptom the OP describes. I took the line out after reading relevant bits of a HOWTO on keyboard and console issues, and things seem to be better. -- blm
