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Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.


>> It sounds as though no change is required in screen for this.
>
>Correct.
>
>> screen is an ancient program from the dim mists of early terminal days, so I'm
>> not surprised that it has some problems of this kind.
>
>Don't worry, screen isn't doing anything wrong here. Setting the
>VERASE key on the console device to _POSIX_VDISABLED (i.e., zero) is
>perfectly legitimate, it's the console using that as the backspace
>keycode that caused the problem.

@ Larry: Sorry, still not used to responding to the digests. I PEBCAKd
the Spam info.

Where should I look to see this patch once it's released?

-Al

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