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Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: ewen on January 13, 2004, 07:18:27 am

Hi,

Could anyone let me know how to map the backspace key so that it works in vi and vim? I swear I found a tip on how to do that somewhere here before (I\'m sure I had this working before too) but recently I had to reset my zaurus, and now I can\'t remember or find out what to do...

Any help greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

/e

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: raybert on January 13, 2004, 10:55:03 am

IIRC, you have to put \"TERM=linux\" in your .profile

~ray

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: ewen on January 15, 2004, 04:32:25 am

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IIRC, you have to put \"TERM=linux\" in your .profile

~ray

Ah -- figured it out --  

stty erase ^?

did the trick

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: magicbb on August 19, 2005, 03:31:48 am

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IIRC, you have to put "TERM=linux" in your .profile

~ray

Ah -- figured it out --  

stty erase ^?

did the trick
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should i put "TERM=linux" or stty erase ^? in .profile?
i am using c1000, the .profile for root is not writable, i think it's in the rom, how can i change it

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: samxiao on August 19, 2005, 10:17:21 am

why not use "nano" or "pico" ?

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: sriley on August 25, 2005, 11:57:38 am

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why not use "nano" or "pico" ?
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Because those of us that work on other *nix systems can be sure we'll find vi or vim on them.  Why switch from editor to editor on different machines?

Title: vi backspace key mapping
Post by: bluedevils on August 25, 2005, 01:58:48 pm

You are probably not in bash.  I usually set the TERM because vi isn't working properly and stty if my shell doesn't have a backspace.  If setting the TERM helps the backspace problem throughout, then I say go for it.