Circa 2001-Dec-04 15:00:07 + dixit Rory Campbell-Lange:
: I sometimes have problems with my backspace key, frequently when a
: program opens from another program with a term. Normally the backspace
: key works fine, but when I'm trying to do a search in man, for instance,
: I daren't mis-type
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > I daren't mis-type something, because all I will see is a string of
> > > literal '^H's when I press backspace.
>
> [snip]
>
> To delete the character behind the cursor, you use the "rubout" or
> "erase"
> key (this is the backspace k
On 4 Dec 2001, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 09:00, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> > I sometimes have problems with my backspace key, frequently when a
> > program opens from another program with a term. Normally the backspace
> > key works fine, but when I'm trying to do a search
On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 09:00, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> I sometimes have problems with my backspace key, frequently when a
> program opens from another program with a term. Normally the backspace
> key works fine, but when I'm trying to do a search in man, for instance,
> I daren't mis-type some
I sometimes have problems with my backspace key, frequently when a
program opens from another program with a term. Normally the backspace
key works fine, but when I'm trying to do a search in man, for instance,
I daren't mis-type something, because all I will see is a string of
literal '^H's when
