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To:	dajoy AT hoy DOT net (Ajoy Victor)
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Subject:	Re: problem with Less and Backspace
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From:	Ian T Zimmerman <itz AT lbin DOT com>
Date:	09 Jul 1999 16:11:49 +0000
In-Reply-To:	dajoy@hoy.net's message of "Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:42:17 -0500"
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>>>>> "Ajoy" == Ajoy Victor <dajoy AT hoy DOT net> writes:

    Ajoy> When I use "less" with some file and try to search a text
    Ajoy> using "/" and, after writing something, I press Backspace
    Ajoy> all I get is ^H^H^H

stty erase ^H

This might have unexpected side effects in other programs, but at
least not in bash which puts the tty into raw mode (by way of readline).

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Ian Zimmerman
Lightbinders, Inc.
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