Thanks for replying.
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 12:14:42PM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
I suspect this is because you are using the wrong keymap. I'm rather
surprised it works in vim, but I know bash jumps through a lot of ugly
hoops to behave reasonably under such conditions. I don't know how to
fix such a thing permanently (it usually happens for me when I'm
logged into a system remotely), but the temporary fix is to explicitly
define what backspace should be, using the `stty` command. What you
need to do is type in:
stty erase
... with an extra space at the en (after the word 'erase') and then
press control-v and then press the backspace key. That will put up
whatever control-character your backspace key is emitting (it'll
probably look either like this: ^? or like this: ^H ). The command
line will end up looking kinda like this:
stty erase ^?
Don't just type in a carot (^) and a question mark (?) though, because
that's not the same thing. Anyway, hit enter, and presto: your
backspace key will work as expected in all programs running in that
particular terminal.
Ok firstly I just noticed that actually the backspace key is working,
but it's doing the function of the delete key (i.e. delete the next
character).
Weirdly enough, doing ^H in mutt does work as a backspace.
Doing `stty erase ^?` (i.e. backspace) doesn't do anything, and if I do
`stty erase ^H` then the backspace works in xterm, but doesn't work in
vim and still doesn't work in mutt.
Confusing, eh? o_O
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