Date   : Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:23:17 GMT
From   : Wookie <wooky@...>
Subject: Re: Terminal Emulator/Arcade Problems

In message <43F85B8D.5000905@...>
          Annihilannic <annihilannic@...> wrote:

> Wookie wrote:
> > When I use vi on my liux box the delete key doesn't work (it just beeps
> > at me), although I can scroll around and enter text and esc back to the
> > command input bit as normal, but when I'm at Bash command line it does
> > work ?
> 
> I noticed recently that bash somewhat ambiguously accepts multiple 
> backspace sequences, including ^? and ^H, regardless of your stty 
> settings, which can be confusing when you run another program(me) such 
> as vi and find that backspace no longer works.
>
> Try 'stty erase <hit ctrl-v, then hit backspace>'@the bash prompt,
> and then try it in vi.

Weird, I only need that when using Xterm/Terminal.

I also sorted out the problem with arcade, it was the baud rate 9600 is
too fast for lpdfs + arcade so I'm now using 4800 and all is well. What
is weird though is that lpdfs at 9600 was fine for everything else
except telneting to arcade, while JGH's Xterm works fine at 9600 even
when telneting to arcade :-/

So I'm using lpdfs in preferance to Xterm because...

1. lpdfs comes on a eprom and thus is more handy for me.
   (I don't always have a disc drive attached to my master)

2. vi/vim works correctly/fully under lpdfs but not under Xterm.

3. up/down cursor recalls previous bash commands

JGH, please don't take the above as flame-bait against your Xterm, it's
horses for courses and it's just lpdfs fits my requirements better.

Cheers Wookie.

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