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From: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus DEL/BS
Message-ID: <3402@killer.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 88 21:50:53 GMT
References: <2944@swan.ulowell.edu> <2945@swan.ulowell.edu>
Reply-To: wnp@killer.UUCP (Wolf Paul)
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In article <2945@swan.ulowell.edu> boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu (Bug-Hunter) writes:
>The only complaint: The delete key. In 2.4.2, you could define what code the
>backspace key sent (DEL, BS, or CHR(127)), but the only choices I've found
>from ProComm+ is DESTRUCTIVE/NON-DESTRUCTIVE, and if I try and use it while
>online, I get ^H's, which UNIX interprets as a character in the command
>line. Anybody have an idea or patch for this??

No problem. Just use "stty" to change your erase character.

If you are using the bourne shell, the command looks like this:

    stty erase ^h          #  shift-6 h

and when using the C shell, it looks like this:

    stty erase \^h         #  same as above, but ^ must be escaped with \.

BTW, CHAR(127) is the same as DEL, and on UNIX systems is sometimes also
shown as ^?.

Wolf Paul
wnp@killer
wnp@dcs