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- From: youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Dean Youngquist)
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- Subject: Re: Destructive backspace problem using Procomm Plus 1.1B
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.084212.333@leela.cs.orst.edu>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 08:42:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug30.225943.2925@leela.cs.orst.edu> youngqd@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (I, myself) write:
- >I use Procomm Plus version 1.1B on my 286 computer and I also use it in
- >the VT102 emulation mode. Problem is, when using vi or other screen
- >editor, I don't have a non-destructive backspace. My left arrow key is
- >supposed to move the cursor left, not eat up the characters as it goes.
- >
- >Does anyone else have this problem? Anyone know if its been fixed in
- >Version 2.xx ? If so I might buy the new version.
- >
- I think I need to clarify this a bit. I just want my left arrow key to
- slide the cursor over non-destructively. The backspace key should be
- destructive. If it worked like that it would be just like a real VT102
- terminal, right?
-
- Thanks for all the replies, I did set my backspace to non-destructive but
- then vi takes it as destructive when it shows non-destructive on my screen.
- I guess the problem is basically that vi and real terminals make a
- distinction between the left arrow key and the backspace key, while PcPlus
- apparently does not. Oh, well, I guess its not so bad as long as I keep
- track of vi, in my head.
-
- Dean
-