Re: Console DEL Key Bug in 1.3.*
Michael Riepe (riepe@ifwsn4.ifw.uni-hannover.de)
Wed, 1 May 1996 03:50:36 +0200
From: Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Riepe <riepe@ifwsn4.ifw.uni-hannover.de> writes:
>
> Michael> Hi *! Did anybody realize that the Linux console now prints
> Michael> the DEL (127) character? Since the console is supposed to be
> Michael> vt100 compatible, this shouldn't be the case (unless control
> Michael> character printing is turned on).
>
> I noticed this too. Do an ``stty -a'' to see why. There is no longer
> a default erase character on the consoles ...
Huh? Stty -a says "erase ^?" as usual. This isn't really relevant, of
course - it only affects keyboard input (in ICANON mode), *not* screen
output.
Michael.
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