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From: jeff@answer.UUCP (Jeffrey E. Finucane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Non-destructive backspace
Summary: Wrong problem may be addressed
Keywords: wyse60 non-destructive bs backspace
Message-ID: <181@answer.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 15:06:32 GMT
References: <1990Dec6.190656.5866@athena.cs.uga.edu> <4443@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US>
Reply-To: ncoast!nshore!answer!jeff (Jeffrey E. Finucane)
Organization: Custom Tailored Systems, Inc.
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In article <4443@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> jak@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Jay A. Konigsberg) writes:
>In article <1990Dec6.190656.5866@athena.cs.uga.edu> is@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Bob Stearns) writes:
>>I am using SCO-XENIX 2.3.2d with a Wyse-60 terminal. The terminal's backspace
>>is non-destructive, but my client wants it to be destructive. Is there any
>>simple way to modify termcap to achieve this result?
>
>Termcap is the wrong place to look for this problem.
>
>The action of the backspace key is controlled by "stty".
>
>Enter: stty erase "^H"  ...
>
   I think, perhaps, the wrong problem is being addressed.

   On a wyse-60 out-of-the-box the backspace key and left arrow key both
produce a ctrl-H.  I like to configure the wy60 to produce a ctrl-B when
the left arrow is pressed and then set up the termcap to deal with each.

  On the wyse-60, enter setup, go to f-keys, and press ctrl-left-arrow.
Type in a suitable character (such as ctrl-B) for both the shifted and 
unshifted versions, and save the setup.

  The entry for the wyse in termcap should then include "kl=^B" and perhaps
"kb=^H"   The latter should not be necessary.

  I hope this helps.


     Jeff

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