 Tip #495: Backspace key using puTTY to RH9 box
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June 26, 2003 9:10 |
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Tom Kompare |
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I connect to a RedHat9 server via the free software "puTTY" from a Windows computer. On the shell (tcsh), the <Backspace> was working as it should, but in VIM it was not. No matter what I did in the .vimrc file, it always acted like a <Delete> key. Very annoying.
I've discovered that one must use the keyboard setting of "linux" in the puTTY settings in order for the <Backspace> key to work properly in VIM. The "linux" keyboard is not the default. If one does not do this, VIM always is sent the <Delete> key command when pressing on the <Backspace>.
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omanakuttan(at)tataelxsi(dot)co(dot)in(nospam),
June 28, 2003 5:50
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| If you use dtelnet (dave's telnet) to RH 7.3, and 8.0, same problem appears, not only in vim, but throughout the session. Choosing term=linux from the menu helps you there also.
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lmasterson at hcocntf dot org,
July 22, 2003 7:36
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The key thing here is changing the string that PuTTy sends to 'linux' from the default of 'xterm'
Doing this magically made everything work as it should.
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[email protected],
February 12, 2006 14:53
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This tip saved me a ton of time I'm sure. I also had to change the Putty setting "The Backspace Key" to "Control-H" from "Control-?"
Joel Auernheimer
http://www.SERVICEandINTEGRITY.com
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[email protected],
September 9, 2006 5:10
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| Thanks a ton this helped me get rid of annoying backspace problem. I have changed my putting setting for backspace to Ctrl-h from Ctrl-?
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[email protected],
September 12, 2006 20:59
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| Thanks, this tip was extremely useful.
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