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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:03:19 +0200
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Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7.5-1: backspace does not work correctly when using  "set -o vi" in  pdksh in the console window
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On Apr 19 18:52, RISINGP1 AT nationwide DOT com wrote:
> 2) Once the console window is open, enter the command "stty erase ^?" 
> (this is the incorrect character value (0x7f) that the backspace key is 
> now sending in the console window - it should be sending ^H (0x08) like it 
> has for decades in every terminal interface I have used, except for one - 
> the 0x7f value is what used to be generated by the Delete key.)

Did you work in xterm or the Linux console lately?  Try pressing
Ctrl-V Backspace in both of them.  You'll see ^?, not ^H.

Corinna

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