[Gllug] del/backspace in 'write'

SteveC steve at fractalus.com
Mon Sep 17 18:27:46 UTC 2001


On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 tet at accucard.com wrote:
> The "erase = ^?" says that when your terminal receives the key sequence ^?
> it will erase the previous character. Next you need to check what key sequence
> your terminal is sending:
> 
> 	infocmp $TERM

It says kbs=^H which is what I get with od -c and hit backspace. stty -a
says erase = ^? So I guess I have to change it with stty? The man page
lists millions of bizarre options, yet I couldn't find anything on
changing a char?

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com fractalus.com/steve stevecoast at hushmail.com


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