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Re: Vim under cygwin console: backspace problem
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: "Tyler Spivey" <tspivey8 at softhome dot net>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:49:38 -0400
- Subject: Re: Vim under cygwin console: backspace problem
- References: <001f01c437a0$d26cfeb0$9f0c238e@130SetBC01>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 05:42 PM 5/11/2004, you wrote:
>Hello.
>Under windows Xp, backspace doesn't appear to work in vim.
>When I backspace, it doesn't delete the character - the character appears to
>still be on the screen. as far as I can tell, it moves left.
>this is a default installation.
>Vim is version 6.2.
>stty erase ^? didn't work -- it seems to be set to %h by default.
WFM. If you're still having trouble figuring it out on your own, you should
read and follow:
>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
The only relevant questions I can think of at this point are:
1. What is TERM set to?
2. What's your console (cmd or rxvt)?
The first one would be answered by the output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v', which
the "problems" page requests.
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