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From: myke@cyberport.net (Mike Holling)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: "screen" eats DEL?
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 01:46:56 GMT
Organization: Cyberport Montana.
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Just got a new system running FreeBSD 2.1R.  I installed the "screen"
package, but it seems to convert both Backspace and Del to "^H".  This
doesn't happen on console, only telnet logins (VT100 terminal).
Doesn't happen on BSDI system either (with same telnet client).  Any
clues?