Backspace and Putty

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/22/2014 4:08 PM, Seth wrote:
> I am sure that this has been addressed ad nauseum, but I can't find the
> solution.
>
> 2 Servers, Linux, FP 5.6, TERM=xterm; no PFTERM (not sure if that exists,
> seem to recall it though).
>
> Putty for access from WINxp, WIN 7 and 8 desktops,
>
> Settings in Putty:
> Terminal=Linux
> Backspace can be either Ctrl-H or Ctrl-? but works the same.
>
> Backspace works fine in everything except in (only some) parts of FP, it
> moves the cursor ahead instead of backspacing.
>
> I can't find any edits to apply to FPtermcap.

Check the "xterm" entry in fp/termcap.  If it has "tc=linux", then check the 
"linux" entry.

You need to make sure that there is a ":bs:" value in that entry.  That's 
the flag that specifies that the terminal is capable of backspacing.

-- 
Kenneth Brody