Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040511174453.031cd038@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:49:38 -0400 To: "Tyler Spivey" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: Vim under cygwin console: backspace problem In-Reply-To: <001f01c437a0$d26cfeb0$9f0c238e@130SetBC01> References: <001f01c437a0$d26cfeb0$9f0c238e AT 130SetBC01> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 05:42 PM 5/11/2004, you wrote: >Hello. >Under windows Xp, backspace doesn't appear to work in vim. >When I backspace, it doesn't delete the character - the character appears to >still be on the screen. as far as I can tell, it moves left. >this is a default installation. >Vim is version 6.2. >stty erase ^? didn't work -- it seems to be set to %h by default. WFM. If you're still having trouble figuring it out on your own, you should read and follow: >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html The only relevant questions I can think of at this point are: 1. What is TERM set to? 2. What's your console (cmd or rxvt)? The first one would be answered by the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v', which the "problems" page requests. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/