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Subject: Re: cygwin  : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:30:28 +0000 (UTC)
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Larry Hall (Cygwin <reply-to-list-only-lh <at> cygwin.com> writes:

> 
> On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 <at> nationwide.com wrote:
> > I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I
> > don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try...
> >
> > Andy Koppe<andy.koppe <at> gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement:
> >
> > - Support DEC Backarrow Key Mode escape sequences (ESC [ ? 67 h,
> >   ESC [ ? 67 l) in Windows console.
> >
> > (The first one switches to ^H. You'll need to set stty erase accordingly.)
> 
> That's a different issue.  The OP's problem is a conflict with MKS,
> particularly with environment variables both MKS and Cygwin use to define a
> working terminal setting.
> 

I have both MKS and cygwin. The following command: export TERM=cygwin 
fixed backspace issue.
Before:
$ env |grep TERM
TERM=nutc
TERMCAP=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\etc\termcap
TERMINFO=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\usr\lib\terminfo

After:
$ env |grep TERM
TERM=cygwin
TERMCAP=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\etc\termcap
TERMINFO=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\usr\lib\terminfo





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