X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: MikeS Subject: Re: cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <4BFE4DF6 DOT 4080302 AT yandex DOT ru> <4BFE5B77 DOT 9050005 AT gmail DOT com> <4BFE7881 DOT 4050306 AT yandex DOT ru> <20100527140301 DOT GC21583 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4BFE9CE8 DOT 2060504 AT cygwin DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Larry Hall (Cygwin cygwin.com> writes: > > On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1 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 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple