Annoying screen backspace problem

[Ben Scott]

Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:
>> If you log in to remote machines frequently, you've problably used
>> screen.  If so, you've probably run into cases where backspace doesn't
>> work properly sometimes, even though most of the time it does. 

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:39:06 -0500, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> shoving 'stty ek' into my .profile seems to have fixed this behavior
> such that I haven't experienced it since.  Adding XTerm*backarrowKey:
> false to my .Xdefaults file has helped a tremendous amount as well.

One thing I've always admired about Unix is that it no other system
has more trouble going backwards....

;-)    (Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.  Try the veal!)