Re: Commentary: I Hate to Leave Like This

[cmcurtin@r-node.io.org (C Matthew Curtin)]

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

>>(forgive typos -- I'm calling in on my dad's Windoze machine -- it
>>doesn't appear to know what a backspace is).
> 
>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.

The problem is that you both have your environment on your net box set up
so that the backspace is the delete key. On the PC and Mac, the backspace 
key is backspace. If you're using Unix, type

stty erase (his backspace here then return)

That will fix your problem.

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