backspace in vi is ^? in FC3

[Mitch Wiedemann]

You need to install the "vim-common" package.  That should do it.

# yum -y install vim-common

Peter Smith wrote:

> Has this been solved yet?  All my FC3 systems have this problem.  
> However, I think it might be more of a client-side issue rather than a 
> server-side issue.  I'm using Konsole and it works fine if I create a 
> new "Session/New Linux Console", then SSH into another FC3 box.
>
> Peter
>
> Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 21:24 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> After upgrading from FC1 to FC3 I've noticed vi no longer backspaces
>>>> properly in insert mode. It puts up a ^? character instead. Has anyone
>>>> else noticed this?
>>>>     
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't, and I'm typing this in vi.
>>>
>>> You're gonig to have to give more details. Are you opning vi in a
>>> terminal window
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>>  
>>
>>> (which terminal emulator are you using?),
>>>   
>>
>>
>> The stock GNOME Terminal 2.7.3
>>
>>  
>>
>>> or are you
>>> using the "gvim" separate window?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> No
>>
>>  
>>
>>> What is $TERM set to?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> xterm
>>
>>  
>>
>>> If you're using the standard gnome-terminal, and on the Edit menu 
>>> choose
>>> Current Profile, what do you see in the Compatibility tab?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Backspace key generates [ ASCII DEL      ]
>> Delete key generates    [ Escape sequence ]
>>
>> Incidentally, these settings exactly match those of my RHEL3 system,
>> which works fine. Their /etc/vimrc files are quite different, but vimrc
>> and bashrc seem to be in constant flux from one release to the next.
>>
>> -- Doc
>> Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
>> Fedora Core 3 kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
>> "Perfection is the enemy of good enough."
>>                         -- Admiral of the Fleet Sergei G. Gorshkov
>>
>>  
>>
>

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