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Subject:	Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.
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On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:16:26PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 05:00:30PM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>The issue only affects the specific case of 'screen' running in the
>>console without 'tty' in the CYGWIN settings: the backspace key sends
>>^@ instead of what's set in the console's stty settings.  Yes, I assume
>>it's a Cygwin bug.
>
>Since setting CYGWIN=tty is pretty much equivalent to running under a
>pty I'd say that it could actually be a screen bug.

Nope, you're right.  It's a Cygwin bug.  I'm fixing it now.

cgf

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