30 Jan
2002
30 Jan
'02
6:14 p.m.
On Jan 30, 16:03, Johnny Billquist wrote:
Of course. I've spent too long using my VT420. A real VT102 has separate
delete and backspace keys. Probably he's using some not-really-VT102
emulation in an xterm window or some emulator.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> Maybe it wants a DEL character instead of
backspace (backspace *is*
ctrl-H,
> shown as ^H or ^h). Change it on the terminal by
going into setup, or
use
stty on the
BSD system to change the delete character (stty del '^h').
On a real VT100 you cannot get the delete key to generate a backspace. He
must be pressing the backspace key, or he's not using a VT100 at all, but
instead some emulator, which isn't doing things the VT100 way...