Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!ucsd!dog.ee.lbl.gov!me10.lbl.gov!milburn From: milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: xterm VT100 emulator inadequate Message-ID: <9913@dog.ee.lbl.gov> Date: 14 Feb 91 20:09:47 GMT References: Reply-To: JEMilburn@lbl.gov (John Milburn) Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA Lines: 17 X-Local-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 91 12:09:47 PST In article jco@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Dumpmaster John) writes: > >Can't you just issue the VMS equivlent of stty erase \^h? I'm always being >told that you can do anythng in VMS that you can do under UN*X. (Note: I'm >not a VMS hack, we have some VMS on campus but I've not used them in years) Ain't no such beast. There is no equivalent to stty erase on VMS. The solution I chose was to map the backspace key to delete, and then use stty erase '^?' for all xterm windows. The only x client I have found which has a problem with this is ME10 from HP. -jem -- JEMilburn@lbl.gov ...!ucbvax!lbl.gov!JEMilburn "I don't sing, I don't dance, and I don't like people who do." -Leterman