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From: woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Telix v3.12 Left Arrow Key Problem
Summary: destructive backspace
Message-ID: <2249@peyote.cactus.org>
Date: 11 Sep 90 05:09:17 GMT
References: <4137@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society, Austin, TX
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In article <4137@rex.cs.tulane.edu>, doerschu@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Dave Doerschuk) writes:
> I have noticed that the left-arrow key causes the character to the
> left of the cursor to disappear.  The character has not been erased,
> deleting and recalling the line show the charcter to still be present.
> I normally use ProComm, and want to switch to Telix if I can configure
> it away from this problem.  Example follows:

Sounds like the old destructive backspace problem. I remember that being
configurable in the terminal configuration menus or the dialing directory.
Just set it to be non-destructive... I don't use Telix anymore, so perhaps
I am off base here, but it sounded good.

					Ron "Just Say No To MVS" Woan
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