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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: more problems with ProComm Plus
Message-ID: <997@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 89 05:48:35 GMT
References: <80986WJ3@PSUVM> <22942@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <23076@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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In article <23076@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> marquis@qal.qal.berkeley.edu (Roger Marquis) writes:
| In article <22942@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> cc1@cs.ucla.edu (Max Kislik) writes:
| >Does it so happen that when you move backwards inside your file using 
| >esc and then h, the letters you moved over get erased?
| >
| Are you remembering to 'unsetenv TERMCAP' as well as 'setenv TERM
| vt100' (and even 'stty erase ^H)? If that doesn't give you a clean
| implementation there is a better solution: switch to Telix, a far
| better product in every respect.

More likely, the problem is you have destructive backspace enabled.
I.e. whenever a backspace is received, not only does the cursor move
back, but the character is replaced with a blank.  The fix is easy: go
into the setup and set PC+ for non-destructive backspace.  I'll stick
by PC+.

-- 
Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu