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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] backspace key and TERM var
From:       Mark Hounschell <markh () compro ! net>
Date:       2006-03-31 14:16:52
Message-ID: 442D39D4.9040500 () compro ! net
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Colin Fraser wrote:
> Mark Hounschell wrote:
>> Mark Hounschell wrote:
>>> Can anyone tell me which terminal type to set the env TERM variable to
>>> that would give be an 0x08 instead of a 0x7f when I hit the backspace
>>> key on SuSE-10.0? In konsole when I select the vt420pc terminal type it
>>> does the job. I need to do the same thing on a normal linux console.
>>>
> From memory (you'll have to check the syntax):
>     stty erase '?H'
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Colin
> 

Actually that would be

$stty erase "^h"

but that no longer does it.

To see what is returned, Enter ^V then the key. The value returned will
be displayed.

Mark

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