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From: dts@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Daniel Senie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: more problems with ProComm Plus
Summary: set the backspace action
Message-ID: <4882@cloud9.Stratus.COM>
Date: 20 Apr 89 21:51:11 GMT
References: <80986WJ3@PSUVM> <22942@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA
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In article <22942@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, cc1@valhalla.cs.ucla.edu (Max Kislik) writes:
> Has anyone had the experience of trying to use VI on a host machine
> while using procomm or procomm plus on your PC.
> Does it so happen that when you move backwards inside your file using 
> esc and then h, the letters you moved over get erased?

There is an option in PCPLUS to set the action to be taken when backspace is
received. It will either simply back up, or back up and delete the previous
character.




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