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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:18:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Slowping <jingsu@cs.washington.edu>
To: UW Linux Group <linux@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Vim and deleting
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I don't know about VIM, but under some terminals, you can get the
backspace to work right by typing:
stty erase <hit backspace key>
If it works, it should look like:
stty erase ^?
>From then on, your BS should work right.  I don't know if this trick will
carry over into VIM.

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, 'The Pho Man' Doug McLean wrote:

> I seem to have a small, but annoying problem in vim where if I try to
> delete using the backspace key, I just get ^? instead of deleting the
> stuff.  This happens when I try to run a command from ex (i.e. the
> : prompt) or when I am just typing stuff.  Anyone know of a way to make
> backspace work like it should?  I imagine its just something I need to set
> in .vimrc, but after poring through documentation and watching Pulp
> Fiction, I can't quite figure it out.  Thanks!
> 
> Doug McLean
> 
> 				"True words seem contradictory."
> 						--Lao Zi
> 
> 
> 

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