backspace key in gvim

[Igor Peshansky]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Steven Woody wrote:

> hi,
>
> i've installed gvim on cygwin, but the backspace does not work properly.
> the problem is, in insert mode, the backspace key can not delete any
> character which are typed before current insert mode ( it can only
> delete chars typed in this insert session ).
>
> is there any clue? thanks.

Yep.  "vim -c 'help i_backspacing'" (and "vim -c 'help i_BS'").
HTH,
	Igor
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