Backspace key in terminals

[Ed Greshko]

Brian McGrew wrote:
> Not letting me input a '?' in a terminal.  

output of "stty -a" please...


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> -brian
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> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com || brian at visionpro.com }
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>>YOU!  Off my planet! 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Greshko
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:53 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Backspace key in terminals
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> Brian McGrew wrote:
> 
>>TERM=xterm in set | grep TERM
>>
>>I try 'stty erase <hit backspace key>' but since backspace doesn't do
>>anything I got an invalid parameter message.
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> 
> Try...
> 
> stty erase ^\?
> 
> Regards,
> Ed
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> 
>>Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com || brian at visionpro.com }
>>--
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>>
>>>YOU!  Off my planet! 
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike Burger
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 5:35 PM
>>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>Subject: Re: Backspace key in terminals
>>
>>Issue "set | grep TERM".
>>
>>If "TERM" isn't "xterm" or something like "vt100", you might want to 
>>"export TERM=xterm" or "export TERM=vt100".
>>
>>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Brian McGrew wrote:
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>>
>>>I know I've ask this question before but I can't find the replies,
>>>sorry!
>>>
>>>When I'm in an xterm, my backspace key does not work.  Only in xterm
>>>thought.  What do I need to do to fix it?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>-brian
>>>
>>>
>>>Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com || brian at visionpro.com }
>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>>>YOU!  Off my planet! 
>>>
>>>
>>>
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