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From: eagle@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Telix 3.12 destructive backspace "bug"
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.165918.2937@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 16:59:18 GMT
References: <5433@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> <15918@netcom.UUCP> <1684@ole.UUCP>
Reply-To: eagle@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu)
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In article <1684@ole.UUCP> ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry) writes:
>ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:
>>In <5433@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit) writes:
>
>>Yes, an Options Save won't preserve the state of the Destructive
>>Backspace toggle in the Terminal Options menu.  That's because this
>>toggle is set or cleared *every* time you connect to one of the entries
>>in the Dial directory...
>
>	True enough, the BS option in the dialing directory can set/reset
>this flag for you. 

But, if you're not dialing (i.e. using it as a terminal on a network)
the global BS option would be nice...
...Daniel C.
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Daniel C. L'Hommedieu III             Internet: eagle@catt.ncsu.edu
Prodigy ID: BCCJ33D                             dclhomm@eos.ncsu.edu