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From: fmcphers@geech.ai.mit.edu (frank mcpherson)
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Subject: Re: VLT problem
Summary: caused by destructive backspace
Keywords: VLT backspace destructive
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.145810.26180@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 14:58:10 GMT
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| In <5307@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> cs441215@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs441215) writes:
| >Does anyone know why, when I move around the screen in Emacs on the school 
| >ultrix system with the left and right curser keys, random characters       
| >disappear behind the curser?  This never happened with JRcomm or Handshake.

| This occurs because of incomplete VT100 emulation, OR it could also mean that
| you have destructive backspace.  Actually I'm not really sure about the      
| backspace.  My experience was always that the emulation was at fault.  Testin
| vt100 on a UNIX system using VI is the best method for testing complete      
| VT100 emulation...anyways, I am sure someone will eventually post a more     
| correct answer than mine.  Cheers!                                           
|                                                                              
|         Sri   (aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)

I'm using VLT with emacs to post this article, and am having no problems 
moving around the screen.  I was experiencing those same problems until I 
turned destructive backspace off.  The problems have gone away, leading me
to believe that Destructive Backspace was the cause of our troubles.  The
control for turning it off can be found in the Operation menu.




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