backspace in vi is ^? in FC3

[Robert G. (Doc) Savage]

On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 21:24 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> > After upgrading from FC1 to FC3 I've noticed vi no longer backspaces
> > properly in insert mode. It puts up a ^? character instead. Has anyone
> > else noticed this?
>  
> I haven't, and I'm typing this in vi.
> 
> You're gonig to have to give more details. Are you opning vi in a
> terminal window

Yes

>  (which terminal emulator are you using?),

The stock GNOME Terminal 2.7.3

>  or are you
> using the "gvim" separate window?

No

> What is $TERM set to?

xterm

> If you're using the standard gnome-terminal, and on the Edit menu choose
> Current Profile, what do you see in the Compatibility tab?

Backspace key generates [ ASCII DEL      ]
Delete key generates    [ Escape sequence ]

Incidentally, these settings exactly match those of my RHEL3 system,
which works fine. Their /etc/vimrc files are quite different, but vimrc
and bashrc seem to be in constant flux from one release to the next.

-- Doc
Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
Fedora Core 3 kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
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