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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:11767 comp.unix.questions:52348 comp.windows.x.i386unix:10740 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!zib-berlin.de!uni-paderborn.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!deimos.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE!rlammers From: rlammers@nostromo.physik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE (Ralf Lammers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.unix.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: [NetBSD-0.9] Backspace problem^H^H^H Date: 25 Jul 1994 07:38:13 GMT Organization: Fachbereich Physik, Universitaet Osnabrueck, Germany Lines: 24 Message-ID: <30vq55$g70@deimos.rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE> References: <3031c2$cvr@dopey.cc.utexas.edu> <30il9g$cfd@dopey.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nostromo.physik.uni-osnabrueck.de In article <30il9g$cfd@dopey.cc.utexas.edu>, Vax <vax@dopey.cc.utexas.edu> wrote: >A similar script, which reads a unix file pattern, and attempts to >remove those files, showed a curious behaviour. Although the >^H's showed up when hitting backspace, when removing the inputted >file pattern, it treated it as though the backspaces had properly >erased the preceeding character. Try 'stty echoe'. This will tell the terminal driver not only to delete a character in the input buffer but also from the screen. Ralf -- ******************************************************************************* * Ralf Lammers * * Universitaet Osnabrueck Phone: +49 (0)541 969 2689 * * Fachbereich Physik Fax: +49 (0)541 969 2670 * * Barbarastrasse 7 Internet: rlammers@physik.uni-osnabrueck.de * * D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany Bitnet: rlammers@dosuni1 * ******************************************************************************* * "We must fall back on the old axiom that when other contingencies fail * * whatever remains - however improbable - must be the truth." * * (Lt. Cmdr. Data in ST:TNG) * *******************************************************************************