new xterm and erase setting

[Harry Putnam]

Satish Balay <balay at fastmail.fm> writes:

> Just to be sure - I noted the version of the old xterm - 179-5 (FC1)
>
>>
>> I haven't had to piddle around with the erase setting for a very long
>> time, but now with new xterm  I get the behavior described, in emacs -nw.
>>
>> I see what you mean about `less'.  That has changed too.  So this
>> must be another setting... maybe the `-/+ ie' (initiate erase)
>
> I did a diff of all the settings (from 'stty -a > log' ) and they
> were the same (except for the screen size of the 2 xterms)

Ok, so much for that theory... what do you suppose explains the fact
that the backspc key now acts differently?

I'v very certain I wasn't getting the respective behavior in emacs or
less prior to this change.