Re: Commentary: I Hate to Leave Like This

[toddpw@ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell) writes:

>That's funny. I have the same problem on my Dad's Mac - I copy/paste
>from TeachText to avoid it. _Some_ programs understand backspace (tcsh),
> but many do not (ftp, nn). I never have this problem with Proterm on my IIGS.

This is indicative of Delete/BS confusion. You can reproduce the same problem
with Proterm by messing up the setting for Delete Key: in the online settings.
tcsh accepts both BS/Delete, but most regular programs on unix only accept
the key designated as your terminal's "erase" key.

Try typing "stty erase '^H'" to tcsh and see if that fixes it (the single
quotes are important). "stty erase '^?'" is probably what you're using
right now (either that or it's the default and you never noticed it).

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu