On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 12:12:42PM -0500, Scot Jenkins wrote: > Folks, > I'm working on some Linux boxes (Redhat, Debian) but to get to them I > have to go through and OpenBSD shell server. Typically I login to the > OpenBSD box, run screen on it, then ssh to the Linux boxes. The problem > I have is the backspace key doesn't work properly in vi on the Linux boxes, > but works as expected at the shell prompt. In vi when I type a backspace > I get '^?' char displayed on screen. Very annoying. Any idea what > "stty erase" should be set to to make this work consistently at the > shell prompt _AND_ in vi? What are you using for vi - vim, nvi, ... ? What does screen set $TERM to when you login? Take a look at http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html for more info then youi probably want on this problem. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list