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

[Jordan Gordeev]

Gary Kline wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Vim's undo can behave like vi's. Try ":help undo" or ":help compatible".
How do you manage to use vi with only one hand? I need two :-)

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