Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!umn-d-ub!nic.MR.NET!hal!ncoast!allbery 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: <1989Sep29.005125.21813@NCoast.ORG> Date: 29 Sep 89 00:51:25 GMT References: <6594@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.sources.wanted Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH Lines: 24 As quoted from <6594@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> by rabe@thor.stolaf.edu (brett m rabe): +--------------- | To restate the problem: | When using the editor vi: | 1: When moving the cursor down or up, it will delete out to the | cursor position. | 2: When moving over words using "w" or "b" it will delete the | word about 50% of the time. +--------------- 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 cursor not just move backwards but also erase the character. Change it to be "non-destructive", and all will be well. If you *don't* find such an entry, I can't help you... your termcap looks fine to me. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@NCoast.ORG uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu bsa@telotech.uucp, 161-7070 BALLBERY (MCI), ALLBERY (Delphi), B.ALLBERY (GEnie) Is that enough addresses for you? no? then: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (c.s.misc)