backspace in vi is ^? in FC3

Mitch Wiedemann mc2 at lightlink.com
Tue Nov 16 14:56:00 UTC 2004


Herbert Gasiorowski 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?
>>
>
> Me too: but not only in vi, even in xterm!
>
> I am now using 'stty erase "<press-backspace>"' in /etc/profile...

You need the "vim-common" package.

#yum -y install vim-common

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Mitch Wiedemann
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