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From: monty@indirect.com (Jim Monty)
Subject: [?] Backspace key says, "^?"
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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.
---
Jim Monty, Kermit Cheerleader at Arthur Andersen LLP
monty@indirect.com
James_T.._Monty.ANDERSEN_WO@notes.compuserve.com