backspace in vi is ^? in FC3

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Tue Nov 16 14:58:35 UTC 2004


Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
> Herbert Gasiorowski 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?
>>>
>>
>> Me too: but not only in vi, even in xterm!
>>
>> I am now using 'stty erase "<press-backspace>"' in /etc/profile...
> 
> 
> You need the "vim-common" package.
> 
> #yum -y install vim-common

Already have it. Doesn't help.

Paul.





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