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From: ms@unido.UUCP (Marc R. Sheldon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Using newcsh with X11R4 xterm
Message-ID: <1245@unido.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 90 10:52:54 GMT
References: <25E205DC.24879@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Organization: University of Dortmund, W-Germany
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iglesias@orion.oac.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) writes:
> I just installed X11R4 on my DECstation 3100 (Ultrix 3.1).  I'm using
> /usr/new/csh as my shell, and when I type <escape> to do file
> completion, the line is messed up.  Instead of backspacing over
> the ^[ (escape), I get a couple of blanks and then the rest of the
> file name.  Sorta like this:
>   % ls fo^[  o.bar
> Has anyone seen this and figured out how to fix it?  This only happens
> in an xterm window; it works fine if I'm rlogged in from  another
> host, for example.

We are using a DECsystem 5400 with X11R4 and have encountered exactly
the same problem. I have played around with the stty-settings and
consulted our resident X11-guru but nothinmg helped so far ...
It would be great if somebody a has a fix for this.

Thanks,
Marc.