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From: kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: stupid keyboard/termcap question
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Date: 7 Aug 90 23:56:32 GMT
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When using Kermit 3.00 on my PC, and logging on to the big Unix box,
everything works just great.  I'm emulating a vt320, and using the vt100
entry in termcap.  (I am not using the -ec option of tset!)

When using Kermit and logging on to my Minix PC/AT (the small Unix box),
the backspace key doesn't work.  The backspace key sends \177.  If I
type ^H, that works for a backspace, but I want to use the backspace
key.

--->	Does anybody know how the termcap entry should be set up so that
	the shell recognizes a \177 as a backspace key?  Is this even
	possible?  I tried :bc=\177: and it didn't work.  Are there mods
	to the shell that might solve my problem?  What about mods to
	the tty driver?  (Minix tset doesn't even recognize an -ec option
	to tset.)

--->	Does anybody know how to make Kermit send a ^H for the backspace
	key, instead of \177?  I looked through the Kermit on-line help,
	and couldn't figure it out.

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Ken Hendrickson N8DGN/6       kjh@usc.edu      ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh