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From: Ron Heiby <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Backspace Insists on sending ^H
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Based on the amount of documentation of Backspace / Delete / Keyboard issues, I am sure
that I am not the only one confused by this area of endeavor. But, I have read an awful
lot of documentation that sounds like it should be helping me figure this out, but I'm
still not successfully sending the character I want to send.

I've constructed a dialer entry to connect me with a system in my lab. I have told it
to use vt320 emulation, and sure enough, my Linux session thinks I'm on a vt320. In the
"Keyboard" setup area, I have told Kermit that "Backspace key sends Delete (Rubout)".
In the script generated by the dialer (below), I see a line that says, "set dialer
backspace \127", which looks like it probably is intended to cause Kermit to send a DEL
when I press my PC's [<- Backspace] key. However, the character that gets sent is a BS
(^H). If I enter the Kermit command "show key one" and press that key, I am told, "Key
code \264 Backspace (default) => Character: \8". This sure looks like it wants to send
a BS when I press that key, despite the "set dialer backspace \127" command.

At this point, it looks like the dialer configuration for the backspace key does
nothing. But, I find that hard to believe, as *someone* would have noticed before now.
It does look like I am able to add an explicit "set key" to get the backspace key to
emit a DEL, which seems an OK workaround. But, I can't help feeling that I'm missing
something.

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; Kermit 95 Dialer Generated Script - Version 1.37
set title 0-Lab
set command color LightGray Black
clear command
if gui {
set gui window resize-mode change-dimensions
set gui window run-mode restore
set gui rgbcolor black 0 0 0
set gui rgbcolor blue 0 0 127
set gui rgbcolor green 0 127 0
set gui rgbcolor cyan 0 127 127
set gui rgbcolor red 127 0 0
set gui rgbcolor magenta 127 0 127
set gui rgbcolor brown 127 127 0
set gui rgbcolor lightgray 192 192 192
set gui rgbcolor darkgray 127 127 127
set gui rgbcolor lightblue 0 0 255
set gui rgbcolor lightgreen 0 255 0
set gui rgbcolor lightcyan 0 255 255
set gui rgbcolor lightred 255 0 0
set gui rgbcolor lightmagenta 255 0 255
set gui rgbcolor yellow 255 255 0
set gui rgbcolor white 255 255 255
}
cd \v(home)
set terminal type vt320
set term bytesize 8
set term echo off
set term wrap on
set term apc off
set term autodown on
set term status on
set term width 110
set term height 50
set term cursor full
set term color term Yellow Black
set term color status LightGray Cyan
set term color help LightGray Cyan
set term color selection Black Yellow
set term color underline LightGray Red
set term scrollback 8096
set term remote-char utf8
set exit on-disconnect on
set printer /WINDOWS-QUEUE:
set printer /TIMEOUT:0
set printer /CHARACTER-SET:cp437
set file download-directory {}
set file type binary
set file collision backup
set file incomplete auto
set streaming auto
set clear-channel off
set file names literal
set receive pathnames off
set send pathnames off
set file char cp437
set protocol kermit
do fast
set xfer char latin1
set mouse activate on
set key \269  \13
set term newline off
set dialer backspace \127
ssh add local-port-forward 5924 localhost 5909
ssh add local-port-forward 3306 localhost 3306
ssh add local-port-forward 5923 [host1.domain].com 5900
ssh add local-port-forward 5922 [host2.domain].com 5900
ssh add local-port-forward 5921 [host3.domain].com 5900
ssh add local-port-forward 5920 [host4.domain].com 5909
ssh add local-port-forward 5919 [host5.domain].com 5909
set command quoting off
set login userid heiby
set command quoting on
set command quoting off
set login password {}
set command quoting on
set login prompt {}
set network directory
set network type ssh
if fail end 1 SSH Failed
set ssh version automatic
set ssh compression on
set ssh x11-forwarding on
set ssh v1 cipher 3des
set ssh strict-host-key-check ask
set ssh v2 authentication external-keyx gssapi srp-gex-sha1 publickey
keyboard-interactive hostbased
set ssh v2 ciphers aes128-cbc 3des-cbc blowfish-cbc cast128-cbc arcfour aes192-cbc
aes256-cbc
set ssh v2 macs hmac-md5 hmac-sha1 hmac-ripemd160 hmac-sha1-96 hmac-md5-96
set ssh v2 hostkey-algorithms ssh-rsa ssh-dss
set ssh gssapi delegate-credentials off
set ssh kerberos5 tgt-passing off
set ssh kerberos4 tgt-passing off
set host [host0.domain].com ssh
if success connect