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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: oops.  i made a mistake in my request for termcap help.
Message-ID: <1989Sep29.005506.21910@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 29 Sep 89 00:55:06 GMT
References: <6594@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> <1989Sep29.005125.21813@NCoast.ORG>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
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As quoted from <1989Sep29.005125.21813@NCoast.ORG> by allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery):
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| It's not your termcap.  Check the terminal set-up; you'll probably find an
| entry that says that backspace is "destructive".  This means that ^H makes the
+---------------

Whoops.  Another possibility is that *tab* is being "destructive".  The fix
for this:  if it's a setup option as outlined in my message, fix it.
Otherwise, it might be a problem with your Unix stty settings; try "stty tabs"
followed by "tset -Q".

(My, aren't terminals *fun*?  ;-)

++Brandon
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