FC4: backspace does not work in vi

akonstam at trinity.edu akonstam at trinity.edu
Sat Aug 13 22:08:48 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 10:49:06PM +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:48:38PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> 
> > Am Mi, den 15.06.2005 schrieb Alexander Volovics um 13:25:
>  
> > > What happened to 'backspace' in vi.
> > > This works as it should in 'gnome-terminal' but backspace
> > > in vi in an xterm gives ''.
>  
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=155538
> 
> Thanks for the reference. Using the last suggestion, adding
> '*ttyModes: erase ^?' to XTerm, fixed backspace when using vi(m)
> in an xterm. 
> 
> But it does not work when using vi under mutt in an xterm!
> There backspace still produces '^?'.
> 
> Alexander
That is strange because it changes the action of backspace both in
normal vi and in mutt for me.
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