[Gllug] x.org 6.8.2 and backspace

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:15:12AM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Ben Fitzgerald writes:
> 
> >stty erase ^H
> >
> >though obviously you'd have to generate ^H as a metacharacter with
> >CTRL-v + backspace.
> 
> Actually, you don't. Since time immemorial, stty has been able to
> interpret the two character sequence ^h (0x5E, 0x68) as Ctrl-h.
> Just type it as you see it, and it'll automagically work.

Funnily enough, I had to edit /etc/remote on solaris today and
discovered that I must be talking bollocks! :)

live and learn...

ben.

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