Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!altnet!altos86!jon
From: jon@altos86.UUCP (Jonathan Ma)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Setting erase key in Informix?
Summary: Cannot set erase key
Message-ID: <808@altos86.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 89 05:51:59 GMT
References: <448@maxim.ERBE.SE>
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA.
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In article <448@maxim.ERBE.SE>, prc@maxim.ERBE.SE (Robert Claeson) writes:
> Is there any way to set the erase key (delete character to the left of
> the cursor) to any other character than BS in Informix? I want it to
> use the stty erase character, which can be different depending on which
> terminal I'm using (ie, the DEL key for DEC terminals and compatibles,
> and the BS key for most other terminals).
> -- 
> Robert Claeson
	I believe the ERASE key can be set within Informix by changing the
	termcap file entry "kb".  Otherwise, It's defined to be ctrl-h by 
	default and cannot use "stty erase character" to change it at all.

	Furthermore, BS key is on top (F12) on most DEC terminals I have used.
	What's the problem with it :-].

	-Jon-

			Jonathan Ma, Altos Computer Systems
			UUCP: {sun,pyramid}!altos86!jon
			Disclaimer:  this is my own openion, not my employer's.