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From: jvc@prism.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ProComm Plus DEL/BS
Message-ID: <206900093@prism>
Date: 24 Feb 88 12:59:00 GMT
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Nf-From: prism.UUCP!jvc    Feb 24 07:59:00 1988


>/* Written  7:28 pm  Feb 17, 1988 by boneill@hawk.ulowell.edu.UUCP */
>/* ---------- "ProComm Plus DEL/BS" ---------- */
>I have just recieved ProComm Plus Test Drive from Simtel20, and started
>using it last night. All I can say is WOW!! It does everything ProComm 2.4.2
>could do, does it better, and does more!!!
>
>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

Note: DEL is CHR(127).

>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 patch necessary.  In the real version you can redefine the codes
sent by the keys for the various emulations.  From within procomm plus
press ALT-F8 (outside procomm plus, execute the command pckeymap), use
the space bar until the emulator you want to change is displayed on
the screen (eg, vt102), press the backspace key, press ctrl-backspace,
press return, press ESC, press y, and now you're back in procomm and
the backspace key now sends DEL (represented as ^? in unix).
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