remote [ssh] Backspace] key gives me "^?"

[Gary Kline]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 02:31:40PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:40:00PM +0300, Jordan Gordeev wrote:
> > Gary Kline wrote:
> > 
> > >	I find that if I use Settings -> Keyboard and then select 
> > >	"FreeBSD Console", I come fairly close.  Then [Backspace] 
> > >	backs up, but the characters are not erased as I space 
> > >	backways.  UsingTerminal, it defaults to this.
> > Characters are not erased for me when I hit backspace in vi. In vim, 
> > they are.
> 
> Yeah . . . I'm pretty sure that's normal behavior for vi/nvi.  Using
> backspace, then hitting <ESC> to return to command mode, might cause the
> backspace text to disappear.  Typing after backspacing might overwrite
> the backspaced text without having to leave insert mode, too.  I'm going
> on memory, here, and may be mistaken -- I didn't use nvi for very long
> before going back to Vim.
> 


	There are Lots of thing I  like about vim, but after having
	fouled up with the undo's and lost some critical writing or code,
	I went back to what I've usedsince Bill Joy pointed me at vi.

	vi only takes ONE hand, emacs takesat least 8 hands and a few
	spare thumbs!!!

	gary



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