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From: jcs@tarkus.UUCP (John C. Sucilla)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.bugs
Subject: Re: 3B1/7300 <del> key bug
Message-ID: <235@tarkus.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 88 23:13:28 GMT
References: <344@whizz.UUCP>
Reply-To: jcs@tarkus.UUCP (John C. Sucilla)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: tarkus -- Calumet City, IL.
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In article <344@whizz.UUCP> bbh@whizz.UUCP (Bud Hovell) writes:
>On the 3B1/7300, '/etc/profile' has a trap statement that disables the <del>
>key, which is very desireable to have when you are working in Informix.
>After each 'trap' statement, remove the '2', and all terminals & the console
>have this function available.

Huh?
Sounds like you screwed up your /etc/profile.  I've got no problems with using
my delete key over here on my 3B1.  The last line in my /etc/profile reads:

trap 1 2 3

Which disables all the traps before ~me/.profile is invoked.
-- 
John "C". Sucilla,  A silicon based life form.
       {att,chinet,ddsw1}!tarkus!jcs
  You have a better idea? Now's the time..