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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:38:27 -0700
From: David Rothenberger <daveroth AT acm DOT org>
Subject: Re: Strange-Dangerous behaviour in Cygwin [ATTN base-file maintainer]
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On 5/10/2005 8:47 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> I think I may have a culprit.  When I run bash in a cmd window:
> $ [ctrl-v][backspace]
> ^H
> $ echo $TERM
> cygwin
> 
> When I run it in an rxvt or xterm window:
> $ [ctrl-v][backspace]
> ^?
> $ echo $TERM
> xterm

I get ^H in a cmd window, an rxvt window, and an xterm window.

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