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On 4/12/2010 8:36 AM, Al G. wrote:
>>> It sounds as though no change is required in screen for this.
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>>> screen is an ancient program from the dim mists of early terminal days, so I'm
>>> not surprised that it has some problems of this kind.
>>
>> Don't worry, screen isn't doing anything wrong here. Setting the
>> VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is
>> perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace
>> keycode that caused the problem.
>
> @ Larry: Sorry, still not used to responding to the digests. I PEBCAKd
> the Spam info.
>
> Where should I look to see this patch once it's released?

The patch is to cygwin1.dll.  You can grab it from a snapshot now if
you like: <http://cygwin.com/snapshots/>

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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