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From: crd9852@ritcv.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Chameleon and termcap entry
Message-ID: <137@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 12:44:03 EST
Article-I.D.: ritcv.137
Posted: Mon Mar  2 12:44:03 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Mar-87 21:33:12 EST
Reply-To: crd9852@ritcv.UUCP (Charles R. Dennett)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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When I dial in from home with my 800XL and chameleon I have noticed 
something peculiar with the backspace key.  When I have the shell prompt
(I guess that's what you call it) the backspace key causes a control H
(^H) to be printed to the screen.  When I am in vi, the backspace key
actually backspaces.

When I dial in from work, I use a Hewlett Packard terminal and the hp2626
termcap.  At the shell prompt, the backspace key backspaces and
erases.  In vi, it just backspaces.  In fact, I am using the HP terminal now
along with vi to compose this.  

It would be nice if chameleon would at least actually backspace when I am
at the shell prompt.  It would be nice if it erased, too, but that is really
not required.  Does anyone know of any additions or deletions I can make to
the chameleon termcap?  I looked at the termcap manual page and the entry
for the hp2626.  I tried a few things but nothing worked.


Thanks.
 
                                                     Charlie Dennett

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