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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: [?] Backspace key says, "^?"
Message-Id: <1995Jan6.162705.36824@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 95 16:27:05 MDT
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In article <D201pG.DMB@indirect.com>, monty@indirect.com (Jim Monty) writes:
> DISCLAIMER: I've looked for the answer to the following question in
> _Using MS-DOS Kermit_ and in the documentation included
> with MS-DOS Kermit 3.13. I either couldn't find the
> answer or didn't understand it if I did.
>
> I'm using MS-DOS Kermit 3.13 on an i80386SX machine running MS-DOS 6.0,
> using a 14,400 bps Zoom VFP V.32bis modem. Kermit is set for VT220
> terminal emulation and is using the Latin1 character set and code page
> CP437. I've not mucked with much in the initialization files, so you may
> assume that any other parameters are still set to the "factory" defaults.
>
> Alas, the question: In some online environments, my backspace key behaves
> as one would expect it to. In others, hitting the backspace key results
> in either (1) nothing happening, or (2) the characters "^?" appearing on
> the screen. I can, however, use Ctrl-H in these situations. In these
> exact same online environments (e.g., vi insert mode when connected to my
> dial-up UNIX shell account) under analagous circumstances, the other
> terminal emulator that I use, Telemate Version 3.12, does not behave this
> way. The backspace key functions as a destructive backspace.
>
> I presume that the change I need to make to my MS-DOS Kermit
> configuration is a simple one, but I can't figure it out. And I've never
> really wanted to bother to spend a lot of time trying to figure it out
> myself. (I want the magic straight from the wizards' minds.) Thanks, in
> advance, for taking the time to help me.
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SET KEY. Reread the manual on the matter. Define the Backspace
key to send whatever is needed by the remote host. Control-H is Backspace,
BS, decimal 8. DEL, Delete, is decimal 127.
Joe D.