Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!macman
From: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: mac kermit
Keywords: Kermit, communications, backspace
Message-ID: <471@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 19:24:41 GMT
References: <1243@csuna.UUCP> <8767@dhw68k.cts.com>
Reply-To: macman@bernina.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
Lines: 16

>>I just finished a cursory evaluation of Kermit 0.9(40) and found one rather
>>fatal flaw.  There is no option to make the delete key send a backspace
>>rather than a delete character.  While many of our mainframes (if not most)
...
>While I don't remember exactly where it is, I do remember using such an
>option while testing it.

In any case, you can still easily redefine your delete-key to a
backspace with the "set macro keys" command.

-- Danny

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