I think we get the point....I think 5 emails from the same person about
the exact same subject is a bit in excess. I think we got the idea of the
problem from the first email. Not to be a b*tch or anything :)
James Jennison
Network Administrator
GayLink International - U.S.A.
(713) 828-6046
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can some one please save me from the agony of seeing another ^?
> I am using Mandrake AIR and had been using 6.1 with no problems before. My
> problem is that while editing code in vim I cannot use backspace as it is
> interpreted as ^? this is a grave problem as I usually get so frustrated
> with not being able to erase I abandon my coding attempt and obliterate it
> with a surrendering page of ^?'s. I noticed in the bootup that it says
> keyboard set to latin or something which I guess is correct at least i
> hope... I did select US keyboard. The other thing that I notice in bootup
> is that Backspace sends ^? [OK]...... ok? hell no its not ok :)
> I've tried hacking around /etc/sysconfig/keybaord, stty stuff and took a
> gander at the rc.d stuff as well all to no avail. Can someone pleae help
> me on this matter... I am beginning to think a reinstall of 6.1 might be
> in order.
> Jayson ^H
>
