Not letting me input a '?' in a terminal.
-brian
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:53 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: Backspace key in terminals
Brian McGrew wrote:
> TERM=xterm in set | grep TERM
>
> I try 'stty erase <hit backspace key>' but since backspace doesn't do
> anything I got an invalid parameter message.
Try...
stty erase ^\?
Regards,
Ed
>
> Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx }
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Burger
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:35 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Backspace key in terminals
>
> Issue "set | grep TERM".
>
> If "TERM" isn't "xterm" or something like "vt100", you might want to
> "export TERM=xterm" or "export TERM=vt100".
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Brian McGrew wrote:
>
>
>>I know I've ask this question before but I can't find the replies,
>>sorry!
>>
>>When I'm in an xterm, my backspace key does not work. Only in xterm
>>thought. What do I need to do to fix it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-brian
>>
>>
>>Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx }
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>>>YOU! Off my planet!
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>>
>>
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