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On 3/2/07, Asher Vilensky  wrote:
> Ok, good point.  You convinced me.  Gone is X.
> One annoying thing I've noticed is that the backspace button doesn't
> work in vi.  It produces '^?' character.  Can somebody remind me how to
> set this right in .vimrc or whatever?  I've been away from Unix/Linux
> for a while.
> Any other rxvt tips would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

check your /usr/share/vim/vimrc file for these:

set nocompatible        " Use Vim defaults instead of 100% vi compatibility
set backspace=indent,eol,start  " more powerful backspacing

or just stick a .vimrc in your home directory with these two lines

That might help.

-Jason

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