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Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 12:54:06 -0400
From: Mark Bohlman <mbohlman AT tcicredit DOT com>
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To: Angelo Graziosi <Angelo DOT Graziosi AT roma1 DOT infn DOT it>
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Subject: Re: Strange-Dangerous behaviour in Cygwin
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You can us stty erase "^H" (or what ever might be appropriate for the 
terminal) to get this to work.  I was able to observe the exact symptoms 
you reported and correct do the above.
-- Mark

Angelo Graziosi wrote:
> Not only in xterm but also in standard bash shell.
> I have always used xterm and until today I never have discovered those
> problems.
> 
> What about the fact that when "rm" command (or cp or mv) ask to confirm
> something, I can move the (box) cursor along the window as in a Editor?
> 
> Thanks
> angelo.  
> 
> 
> On Sat, 7 May 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 05:52:10PM +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote:
>>
>>>I discovered the following strange behaviour in bash and xterm (startxwin)
>>>shells:
>>>
>>>BACKSPACE does not delete "y" as aspected but it only shifts the cursor on
>>>"y" and when I type "n" and then RETURN the file foo.txt is REMOVED!
>>
>>This has something to do with how BACKSPACE is defined in xterm.  It is not
>>a generic cygwin problem.  I suggest that you try the cygwin-xfree mailing list
>>in that case.
>>
>>Also, there is absolutely no reason to cc corinna-cygwin in your email.  Go
>>back and read the words at the top of http://cygwin.com/lists.html, please.
>>
>>cgf
>>
> 
> 
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